Given name
Khalida
“an immortal woman”·“one who is immortal”
Khalida is a feminine form of Khalid. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is immortal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Arabic use, Khalida carries the interpretation “an immortal woman.” Khalida is a feminine form of Khalid. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is immortal.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
Khalida is used as a feminine counterpart of Khalid.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Khalida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 70
- 0 boys · 70 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,210 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Khalida’s family of names
Khalida is a feminine form of Khalid. Khalida has a related form in Khalidah. Khalida has a related form in Khulood.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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