Given name
Rasheid
“one who is guided along the right path”
Rasheid is a variant of Rashid. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is guided along the right path.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rasheid 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
Rasheid 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 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rasheid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 5 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 5 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rasheid’s family of names
Rasheid has a related form in Rashid.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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