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وَلِيد
Walid
wa-LEED
“Newborn, new child.”
About Walid
Walid is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "newborn, new child" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root و-ل-د meaning 'to give birth'. A walid is a newborn — a name that celebrates the arrival itself. Al-Walid I was an Umayyad caliph who built the Great Mosque of Damascus.
Very common across the Levant, Egypt, and the Gulf; Oualid in the Maghreb.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Waleed, Oualid, Velid, Wallid
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 Walid is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Walid before.
- Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik (r. 705–715 CE), Umayyad caliph, builder of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Walid
- What does the name Walid mean?
- Walid (وَلِيد) means "Newborn, new child". From the Arabic root و-ل-د meaning 'to give birth'. A walid is a newborn — a name that celebrates the arrival itself. Al-Walid I was an Umayyad caliph who built the Great Mosque of Damascus.
- Is Walid a name from the Qur'an?
- Walid 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 Walid a boy or a girl name?
- Walid is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Walid come from?
- Walid is an Arabic name, built on the root letters W-L-D. Very common across the Levant, Egypt, and the Gulf; Oualid in the Maghreb.
- How is Walid spelled?
- Walid is the most common English spelling. The same Arabic name (وَلِيد) is also written Waleed, Oualid, Velid, and Wallid. They are one name, not different names — the spelling only reflects how each family or country transliterates the Arabic.
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