Given name & surname · also Arabic
Nahid
Nahid is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
In mythological stories, Nahid is associated with the goddess of love.
Nahid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 12 boys · 23 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 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 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,505 as a first name in 2020; 177 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.
Nahid’s family of names
Nahid has a related form in Naheed. Nahid has a related form in Naaheed. Nahid has a related form in Nahead.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Nahid
- Nahid KianiIranian taekwondo practitionerborn 1998
- Nahid Persson SarvestaniIranian film directorborn 1960
- Nahid IslamBangladeshi student leader and politicianborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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