Given name & surname
Naveed
“our best wishes”
Naveed is used as a given name and a surname. One Persian interpretation is “our best wishes.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Persian interpretation is “our best wishes.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Persian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Naveed through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 685
- 685 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,450 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −51%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,450 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,711 as a first name in 2020; 1,150 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.
Naveed’s family of names
In English usage, Naveed has a related form in Navid. Naveed has a related form in Navid. In English usage, Naveed has a related form in NAVED.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Naveed
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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