Given name & surname
Shahid
“a patriot”
Shahid is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “a patriot.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a patriot.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shahid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 716
- 716 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,587 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,587 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 40.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,760 as a first name in 2020; 3,889 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.
Shahid’s family of names
Shahid has a related form in Shaheed. Shahid has a related form in Shahead. Shahid has a related form in Shaheade.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Shahid
- Shahid KapoorIndian actor (born 1981)
- Shahid Khaqan AbbasiPakistani politician and businessmanborn 1958
- Shahid AfridiPakistani cricketer (born 1980)
- Shahid KhanAmerican businessman (born 1950)
- Shahid Ali Khanfield hockey playerborn 1964
- Shahid ParvezIndian musicianborn 1955
- Agha Shahid AliIndian poet (1949–2001)
- Shahid AzmiIndian lawyer1977–2010
- Shahid AnwarPakistani cricketerborn 1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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