Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Masculine Usage Filipino Other Forms FormsEl Cid Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 1/6/2020 by highexpectasians Edited 4/1/2020 by lezginkas Meaning & History From Spanish El Cid, which is from Arabic السَيِّد (al-sayyid) meaning "the master, the lord". This was the nickname of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (1043-1099), an 11th-century Spanish military commander.