Rashid (name)

Rashid
Pronunciation [raːʃɪd] (راشد )
[raʃiːd] (رشيد)
Gender Male
Origin
Word/name Arabic
Meaning rightly guided
Other names
Alternative spelling

Rāshid: Raashid, Rachid, Rashed

Rashīd: Rachid, Rasheed
Related names Rashida


Rashid (spelled also Rachid) is the transliteration of two male given names; (Arabic: راشد , Rāshid) and (Arabic: رشيد, Rashīd).

The latter name has a diacritic, in the strict transliteration, on the "I", which emphasises the long "I" sound in that name's pronunciation.

Ar-Rashid is one of the 99 Names of Allah meaning The Guide.

Given name

Surname

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