Waled Forename

20,244th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 44,838 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Libya

Waled Forename User-submission:

Walid, Waled, or Waleed is an Arabic male given name, which comes from the Arabic word wa-lee-d (وليد), meaning 'newborn baby'.

Waled Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt
100%
34,2461:2,684368
Libya-5,6921:1,093214
Sudan
100%
2,1811:17,3351,813
Saudi Arabia-1,2241:25,1743,238
Bangladesh-3671:434,50016,631
Kuwait-2181:17,3641,932
Qatar
100%
2041:11,6161,825
United Arab Emirates-1401:51,0864,597
United States
96%
 
991:3,661,99050,281
Philippines
98%
 
631:1,682,69039,237
Pakistan
100%
481:4,049,11841,937
Nigeria
100%
331:5,380,73876,768
Malaysia
100%
281:1,087,49837,481
Sweden
100%
261:379,15010,677
India
100%
261:46,726,076818,939
Iraq-241:1,459,07710,051
Indonesia-221:11,725,621355,622
Thailand
100%
191:3,687,67478,779
England
100%
171:3,270,76034,807
Mauritania
100%
171:240,8966,629
Brazil
100%
161:13,389,760149,801
Germany
100%
131:7,436,76027,072
Syria-121:1,608,8403,623
Yemen-121:2,191,3963,718
Italy
100%
101:6,106,20925,028
Canada
100%
101:3,313,33741,238
Eritrea
100%
91:528,109348
France
100%
71:9,495,76330,047
Norway
50%
 
51:1,026,46614,100
Lebanon-41:1,406,89310,167
Venezuela
100%
41:7,550,47390,577
Tunisia-41:169,2267,289
Russia-41:36,058,42683,389
Oman-41:1,027,1676,577
China-31:455,351,92789,064
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
South Africa
100%
31:18,177,550242,026
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Mexico-11:124,144,427140,512
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
Niger
100%
11:19,183,99477,442
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509

Waled (14,207) may also be a surname.

Waled Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Walid, Waled, or Waleed is an Arabic male given name, which comes from the Arabic word wa-lee-d (وليد), meaning 'newborn baby'.

- khalidallaf

Waled Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waleed91634,437/
Walied9115,855/
Waleid914,540/
Walled913,512/
Walead911,155/
Wailed91134/
Waleyd917/
Waaled913/
Whaled912/
Waledd912/
Wayled911/
Walhed911/
Wahled911/
Walleed83397/
Whaleed83130/
Wallied8399/
Whalied8343/
Wahlied8321/
Wallead838/
Walheed837/
Waaleed837/
Waleedd836/
Waleedh836/
Whalled834/
Waalied834/
Walleid832/
Wayleed832/
Wailhed832/
Wwaleed831/
Waleeyd831/
Wealeed831/
Waliedt831/
Walleyd831/
Waliehd831/
Wealied831/
Walid80433,950/
Woled80925/
Walet80778/
Walyd80415/
Baled8053/
Valed8037/
Weled8012/
Whalleed777/
Waleeddh771/
Waleedts771/
Wal'leed771/
Whallied771/
Waleet731,197/
Wailet73666/
Valeed73588/
Wallid73379/
Wallet73205/
Whalid73126/
Valedh7382/
Walezt7345/
Waylet7337/
Waliet7335/
Walete7329/
Wallyd7328/
Walite7327/
Wailid7326/
Valied7323/
Wahlid7318/
Walaid7318/
Vailed7314/
Waalid7312/
Waleth739/
Wualid739/
Waluyd738/
Walidh738/
Weleed738/
Baleed737/
Waleat736/
Walhid735/
Waelyd734/
Wailyd734/
Waleit733/
Valled733/
Waelet733/
Valeyd732/
Walisd732/
Walidd732/
Baledh732/
Woleyd731/
Bailed731/
Ualied731/
Vayled731/
Wwalid731/
Wolied731/
Woleed731/
Wholed731/
Whalyd731/
Walest731/
Walett731/
Walhyd731/
Walayd731/
Welead731/
Weleid731/
Welied731/
Walitd731/
W'alid731/
Wahlet731/
Hwoled731/
Ualeed731/
Waliod731/
Weeled731/
Whalet731/
Guhaled67229/
Waalaeedah67192/
Waillet6750/
Walette6728/
Waileth6722/
Walleth6712/
Walithe676/
Wailett675/
Wallete675/
Walliet675/
Wallett674/
Valeedh672/
Walaite672/
Waliste672/
Whallyd672/
Bailedh671/
Bailetd671/
Baaleid671/
Bal'ead671/
Whallid671/
Wheeled671/
Wauleth671/
Watlest671/
Waylett671/
Wayliet671/
Waliayd671/
Walidth671/
Wajleth671/
Weilead671/
Weileid671/
Walitte671/
Wallite671/
Wahalid671/
Wahliet671/
Watleth671/
Whalite671/
Vealied671/
Wahleet671/
Waleste671/
Walethe671/
Wasleet671/
Wasllet671/
Wuhalid671/
Wwaalleedd671/
Wuallyd671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Waled