Ziyad is an Arabic name meaning "growth", "increase" or abundance, from the same root as Zayd and Zaid. Ziyad ibn Abihi was a powerful governor of Iraq in the seventh century, and the name is common from Morocco to the Gulf. In the United States Ziyad ranked number 4388 in 2000, peaked at number 2299 in 2015 and stands at number 2571 in 2025.