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رَشِيدَة
Rashida
ra-SHEE-da
“Rightly guided.”
About Rashida
Rashida is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "rightly guided" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Feminine of Rashid. From the Arabic root ر-ش-د meaning 'right guidance, maturity'.
Common across Arab, Swahili, and African American Muslim families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Rasheeda
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 Rashida is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Rashida before.
- Rashida Tlaib (b. 1976), American politician of Palestinian descent
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Rashida
- What does the name Rashida mean?
- Rashida (رَشِيدَة) means "Rightly guided". Feminine of Rashid. From the Arabic root ر-ش-د meaning 'right guidance, maturity'.
- Is Rashida a name from the Qur'an?
- Rashida 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 Rashida a boy or a girl name?
- Rashida is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Rashida come from?
- Rashida is an Arabic name, built on the root letters R-Sh-D. Common across Arab, Swahili, and African American Muslim families.
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