Eid Family History
Eid Name Meaning
Arabic: from a personal name based on ʿeid ‘festivity’. The two principal religious festivals observed by Muslims are ʿEid al-Fitr and ʿEid al-Aḍḥā. ʿEid al-Fitr is observed after completion of fasting in Ramadan ʿEid al-Aḍḥā is observed as a day of sacrifice commemorating the example of the prophet Ibrahim (which corresponds to the Biblical Abraham; see Ibrahim ) or after completion of the Hajj. Eid is sometimes used as part of the name of a child born on one of these two feast days. Bearers of this surname are both Muslims and Christians. Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named from Old Norse eith ‘isthmus’ (see Eide ). German: variant of Eidt . This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022