Given name & surname
Khalid
“one who is immortal”
Khalid is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is immortal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is immortal.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic خَالِد (“immortal; glorious; eternal”); its root is Arabic خ ل د.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Khalid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,197
- 8,197 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 273 babies
- 2025
- 250
- #940 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 250 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 940 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 273 in 2019. In 2025, Illinois had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (27). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,363 as a first name in 2020; 4,689 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Khalid’s family of names
Khalid has a feminine form in Khalida. In English usage, Khalid has a related form in Khaled. In English usage, Khalid has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form HALIT.
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Around the world
Khalid has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
10 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Khalidafeminine form
- HalitTurkish
- Chalidequivalent
- ハリドJapanese
- ハーリドJapanese
- ハレドJapanese
- ख़ालिदHindi
- ΧαλίντGreek
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People named Khalid
- Khaled HosseiniAfghan novelistborn 1965
- Khalid ibn al-WalidArab Muslim military general (d. 642)586–642
- Khalid of Saudi ArabiaKing of Saudi Arabia (1911-1982)
- Khaled MashalPalestinian politicianborn 1956
- Khalid BoulahrouzDutch association football player (born 1981)
- Khalid Sheikh MohammedPakistani militant who was a member of al-Qaedaborn 1965
- KhalidAmerican singer (born 1998)
- Abu Ayyub al-AnsariCompanion and the standard-bearer of Muhammad
- Khaled al-AsaadSyrian archeologist1932–2015
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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