Rashid

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Urdu, Uzbek, Malay
Scripts رشيد, راشد(Arabic) رشید, راشد(Urdu) Рашид(Uzbek)
Pronounced Pron. /ra.ˈʃiːd/(Arabic) /ˈraː.ʃid/(Arabic)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "rightly guided" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الرشيد (al-Rashīd) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

This transcription represents two different ways of spelling the name in Arabic: رشيد, in which the second vowel is long, and راشد, in which the first vowel is long.

Related Names

Rootrashīd/rāshid
VariantsRashed, Rasheed(Arabic) Rachid(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Rasheed(Urdu)
Feminine FormsRashida(Arabic) Rachida(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Rashida(Urdu)
Other Languages & CulturesRäshit(Tatar) Reşit(Turkish)

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Entry updated October 6, 2024