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رَاشِد
Rashid
RAH-shid
“Rightly guided.”
About Rashid
Rashid is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "rightly guided" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root ر-ش-د meaning 'right guidance'. Ar-Rashid is one of the names of Allah; the Rashidun were the rightly-guided caliphs.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Rashid is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Rashid before.
- Harun al-Rashid (763–809 CE), Abbasid caliph
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Rashid
- What does the name Rashid mean?
- Rashid (رَاشِد) means "Rightly guided". From the Arabic root ر-ش-د meaning 'right guidance'. Ar-Rashid is one of the names of Allah; the Rashidun were the rightly-guided caliphs.
- Is Rashid a name from the Qur'an?
- Rashid 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 Rashid a boy or a girl name?
- Rashid is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Rashid come from?
- Rashid is an Arabic name, built on the root letters R-Sh-D.
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