Saad
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. From Arabic سَعْد (saʕd).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Saad (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Saad has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2013. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 193 |
| 2000 | 217 |
| 2001 | 238 |
| 2002 | 267 |
| 2003 | 282 |
| 2004 | 292 |
| 2005 | 305 |
| 2006 | 351 |
| 2007 | 431 |
| 2008 | 475 |
| 2009 | 517 |
| 2010 | 539 |
| 2011 | 570 |
| 2012 | 587 |
| 2013 | 618 |
| 2014 | 643 |
| 2015 | 677 |
| 2016 | 729 |
| 2017 | 771 |
| 2018 | 808 |
| 2019 | 836 |
| 2020 | 842 |
Saad in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Saad.Hi! My name is Saad.
- Har du träffat Saad? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Saad? He started working here on Monday.
- Saad har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Saad has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Saads mamma är lärare.Saad's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Saads mamma is Saad's mum.
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Questions about Saad
How do you pronounce Saad in Swedish?
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What does the name Saad mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. From Arabic سَعْد (saʕd).
How popular is Saad in Sweden?
5 babies were named Saad in 2022. In 2020, 842 people in Sweden had Saad as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2013 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.