Question: is zaidi a shia name?
Answer: Muslim: Arabic family name denoting someone descended from an ancestor called Zaid ('increase') or a follower of the Shiite imam Zaid al-Shahid. After the death of the fourth Shiite imam, Zaynul Abidin, a branch of the Shiites chose to follow Zaid as the next imam instead of his brother Mu? hammad al–Baqir.