zaydeEtymologyFrom Yiddish זיידע (zeyde, “grandfather”).zayde means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.nameA surname.noungrandfather“Perhaps, in these circumstances, he would greet his granddaughter as a zayde should, with love and affection.”elderly man (as a term of respect)“The zayde is, as the hoary formula demands, gruff on the outside but wonderful to his horse and David...”