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رَاشِد
Rashed
RAH-shed
“Rightly guided.”
About Rashed
Rashed is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "rightly guided" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Variant transliteration of Rashid.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
Root letters
ر ش دR-Sh-D
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Rashed is one such word.
How to say it
RAH·shed
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Rashed
- What does the name Rashed mean?
- Rashed (رَاشِد) means "Rightly guided". Variant transliteration of Rashid.
- Is Rashed a name from the Qur'an?
- Rashed does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Rashed a boy or a girl name?
- Rashed is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Rashed come from?
- Rashed is an Arabic name, built on the root letters R-Sh-D.
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