Rashid (name) (original) (raw)

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Rashid

Pronunciation [raːʃɪd] (راشد )[raʃiːd] (رشيد)
Gender Male
Origin
Word/name Arabic
Meaning "rightly guided"
Other names
Alternative spelling Rāshid: Raashid, Rachid, RashedRashīd: Rachid, Rasheed, Reşit (Turkish)Rəşid (Azeri)Räşit (Tatar / Bashkort)
Related names Rashida, Arshad

Rashid is the transliteration of two male given names:Arabic: راشد _Rāshid and Arabic: رشيد _Rashīd (also spelled Rasheed), both meaning 'rightly guided', 'having the true faith'. It also means 'the high one'.

In Islamic tradition, al-Rashid is one of the 99 names of Allah, and thus as a personal name is often used with the word abd (عبد الرشيد, ʻAbd al-Rashīd; "servant of the rightly guided").[1]

  1. ^ "Abd al-Rashid".