Given name
Walidah
“newly born child”
Walidah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “newly born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “newly born child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Walidah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 0 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 10 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 girls is 5 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1974.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Walidah’s family of names
Walidah has a related form in Walad. Walidah has a related form in Walada. Walidah has a related form in Waleada.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Walidavariant
- Waleadahvariant
- Waleadavariant
- Waliedahvariant
- Waliedavariant
- Waleidahvariant
- Waleidavariant
- Walydahvariant
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People named Walidah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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