Saddam is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “the fighter who stands steadfast.” In 2024 it was given to 7 boys in the United States.
Saddam at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic
Meaning
“the fighter who stands steadfast”
About the name Saddam
Saddam belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “the fighter who stands steadfast” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Saddam first appears in Social Security records in 1990. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3931 in 1990, and in 2024 7 babies received the name — 42 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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