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Rashed name meaning

راشد

Rashed · RAH-shid

Rightly guided; one who chooses well.

Gender
Boy
Origin
Arabic
Arabic root
ر ش د
Pronunciation
RAH-shid
Other spellings
Rashid

About the name Rashed

Rashed is the active participle of the root r-sh-d, right guidance and good judgement. The same root gives "al-khulafa ar-rashidun", the rightly guided caliphs. The name is very common in the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia; Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, who developed modern Dubai, carried it. Rashed and Rashid are both used; see also the related name Rasheed.

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What is the origin of the name Rashed?

Rashed (راشد) is an Arabic name, from the Arabic root ر ش د. Rightly guided; one who chooses well.

How do you write Rashed in Arabic?

In Arabic script it is written راشد. In English it is also spelled Rashid.