Riyad
given name · Latin script
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 35 countries · latest register: INSEE, 2024
/ɹiˈæd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Riyad is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country.
- SYSyria≈1 in 3.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 5.8K
- FRFrance≈1 in 35K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Algeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 172 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,400 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Syria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Riyad counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DZ Algeria | #363 | ≈7,400 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | listed | Riyad | 27 |
| SY Syria | #669 | ≈6,100 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Riyad | 23 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Riyad | 73 |
| MA Morocco | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Riyad | 45 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 35K | 3.6K | Riyad | 172 |
| JO Jordan | #757 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | — | Riyad | 54 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | — | ≈870 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 69 | — | 7 |
| ES Spain | — | 655 | 1 in 76K | 655 | — | 15 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); the dz-kaggle-names register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Riyad is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Riyadh (the capital city of Saudi Arabia)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, alternative form of Riade
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Riad Al Solhb. 1894LBnot in their usual nameLebonese politician (1894–1951)
- Riyad Mansourb. 1947PSPalestinian diplomat (born 1947)
- Riad Salamehb. 1950LBnot in their usual nameformer Governor of the central bank of Lebanon
- Riad al-Malikib. 1955PSnot in their usual nameMinister of Foreign Affairs of Palestine
- Riyad Awadb. 1958PSProfessor of Civil Engineering and Mayor of Tulkarm (2022-2026)
- Riad al-Asaadb. 1961SYnot in their usual nameSyrian military officer and politician (born 1961)
- Riaad Moosab. 1977ZAnot in their usual nameSouth African comedian and actor
- Riyad Djendoucib. 1988DZAlgerian swimmer
- Riyad Mahrezb. 1991FRAlgerian-French footballer (born 1991)
- Riyad Idrissib. 2005ITItalian association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)55 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 35 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 3.6K | #380 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 655 | #3,821 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 493 | #2,136 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics | — | 69 | — |
| DZ Algeria | Algerian names (Kaggle, MIT) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Riyad?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹiˈæd/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- Is Riyad a male or female name?
- Riyad is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: France (INSEE, 2024), Spain (INE) and United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
- In which country does Riyad have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.4 thousand people named Riyad in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled riyad.
- How common is the name Riyad?
- In Spain, the national register counted 655 people named Riyad, about 1 in 76 thousand residents.
- How common is Riyad compared with other names?
- In Algeria, Riyad is the 363rd most common given name of 27,215 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/riyadThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Riyad” — the 363rd most common given name in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.