Eyad is an Arabic name, also written Iyad, that means "support" or "strength", and it was the name of an ancient Arab tribe. It is common across the Middle East and North Africa and is carried in the United States by Arab American families. Eyad peaked at number 1646 in 2016, spent the following years around number 2000 to 2500 and climbed back to number 1891 in 2025.