Given name & surname
Navid
“our best wishes”
In English use, Navid has an alternative spelling in Naveed. One Persian interpretation is “our best wishes.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Navid has an alternative spelling in Naveed. One Persian interpretation is “our best wishes.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Navid has an alternative spelling in Naveed. An origin associated with Naveed is Persian.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Persian نوید (navid, novid, “good news”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Navid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 847
- 821 boys · 26 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,709 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,709 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 45.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 36 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,750 as a first name in 2020; 214 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.
Navid’s family of names
Navid has a feminine form in Navida. Navid has a related form in Naveed. In English usage, Navid has a related form in Naveed.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Navid
- Navid NegahbanIranian actorborn 1968
- Execution of Navid AfkariIranian wrestler1993–2020
- Navid KermaniGerman writerborn 1967
- Navid MohammadzadehIranian actorborn 1986
- Navíd AkhavanIranian German actorborn 1980
- Navid NasimiUkrainian footballerborn 1995
- Navid DayyaniDanish footballer and businessman (born 1987)
- Navid KhonsariIranian-Canadian video game directorborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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