Given name & surname
Rashid
“one who is guided along the right path”
Rashid is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is guided along the right path.”
Original Arabicرَاشِد
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is guided along the right path.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
A transliteration of Arabic رَشِيد; its root is Arabic ر ش د.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rashid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,566
- 2,566 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 68 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #3,640 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,640 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 24.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 68 in 1996. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,580 as a first name in 2020; 8,441 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.
Rashid’s family of names
Rashid has a feminine form in Rashida. In English usage, Rashid has a related form in Rasheed. In English usage, Rashid has a related form in Rasheed.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rashid has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Rasheedvariant · English
- Rashedvariant · English
- Rachidvariant · English, French
- Raashidvariant
- Rashiedvariant
- Rasheidvariant
- Rashiddlikely variant
- Raschydvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- رَاشِدArabic
- رَشِيدArabic
- Rashidafeminine form
- Rashidiequivalent
- ރަޝީދުequivalent
- ReşîdKurdish
- RaşitTurkish
- RaşidTurkish
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See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Rashid
- Rashid al-Din HamadaniPersian physician and historian (1247-1318)
- Rashidi YekiniNigerian footballer (1963-2012)
- Rashid Ali al-GaylaniIraqi politician and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Iraq (1892-1965)
- Rashid BehbudovSoviet Azerbaijani singer and actor (1915-1989)
- Rashid RamziMoroccan-born middle distance runner for Bahrainborn 1980
- Rashid NurgaliyevRussian military officer and politicianborn 1956
- Rashid SunyaevRussian astronomer (born 1943)
- Al-Rashid of MoroccoSultan of Morocco (1631-1672)
- Rashid KaramiLebanese politician (1921-1987)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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