Given name & surname
Rachid
“one who is guided along the right path”
In English use, Rachid is a variant of Rashid. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is guided along the right path.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Rachid is a variant of Rashid. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is guided along the right path.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Rachid is a variant of Rashid. An origin associated with Rashid is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rachid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 81 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 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 boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,626 as a first name in 2020; 236 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.
Rachid’s family of names
In English usage, Rachid has a related form in Rashid. In French usage, Rachid has a conventional equivalent in the English form Rashid. In English usage, Rachid has a conventional equivalent in the Kurdish form Reşîd.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rachid has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rachid
- Rachid TahaFranco-Algerian singer1958–2018
- Prince Moulay Rachid of MoroccoMoroccan royalborn 1970
- Rachid GhezzalAlgerian-French footballer (born 1992)
- Rachid BoucharebFrench film directorborn 1953
- Rachid AliouiMoroccan and French footballerborn 1992
- Rachid MekhloufiAlgerian footballer (1936–2024)
- Rachid AzzouziMoroccan footballerborn 1971
- Rachid SfarTunisian politician (1933–2023)
- Rachid Aït-AtmaneAlgerian and French footballerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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