رشيد / راشدMuslim boy names
Meaning
Rightly guided
Name meaning
- Origin / language
- Arabic
- Alternate spellings
- Rasheed
- Islamic / Qur’anic association
- Not specifically Qur'anic / not established
- Name type
- Single given name
- Category
- Traditional Arabic names
Language and spelling
Rashid can transcribe رشيد, whose second vowel is long, or راشد, whose first vowel is long. The source records both forms, rather than one interchangeable Arabic spelling.
Sources
Meaning checked against the listed source.
Entry reviewed: 2026-10-25
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