Mayada

• Origin: Arabic ميادة
• Meaning: “to sway back and forth.”
• Variant Transcription: Mayyada.
• Gender: Female

From the Arabic verb تَمايَدَ (tamayada), meaning “to sway gracefully, to move with a gentle or elegant motion.” It comes from the triliteral root م ي د (m-y-d), which carries connotations of swaying, oscillating, or walking with poise and pride.

It is mainly used in the Levant, Gulf Countries and Sudan.

Two notable bearers are Syrian singer singer, Mayada El-Hennawy (b. 1959) and Palestinian-German runner, Mayada Al-Sayad (b. 1992).

Sources

• https://www.arabicstudentsdictionary.com/word?word_id=eccf244b-6b7c-416a-b2c4-d45186c2629c&root_id=6127ef21-78db-4172-b482-d1065a1273a6&action=exploreRootLink
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayada_El_Hennawy
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayada_Al-Sayad