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عِيد
Eid
EED
“Feast, festival, joyful return.”
About Eid
Eid is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "feast, festival, joyful return" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root ع-و-د meaning 'to return'. An eid is a festival that comes back each year — the word for the two great celebrations of the Muslim calendar. Traditionally given to boys born during one.
Common in the Gulf and Egypt.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Eed, Id, Aid
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Eid is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Eid
- What does the name Eid mean?
- Eid (عِيد) means "Feast, festival, joyful return". From the Arabic root ع-و-د meaning 'to return'. An eid is a festival that comes back each year — the word for the two great celebrations of the Muslim calendar. Traditionally given to boys born during one.
- Is Eid a name from the Qur'an?
- Eid does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Eid a boy or a girl name?
- Eid is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Eid come from?
- Eid is an Arabic name, built on the root letters ʿ-W-D. Common in the Gulf and Egypt.
- How is Eid spelled?
- Eid is the most common English spelling. The same Arabic name (عِيد) is also written Eed, Id, and Aid. They are one name, not different names — the spelling only reflects how each family or country transliterates the Arabic.
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