Waleed Forename

1,546th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 634,437 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Waleed 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'.

Waleed Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt
100%
165,4381:556103
Sudan
100%
113,0381:33450
Yemen-102,0961:25840
Iraq
100%
85,1721:41183
Syria-34,4751:56095
Jordan
100%
28,6371:30852
Lebanon
100%
21,6951:25934
Pakistan
100%
18,7191:10,3831,117
Libya-16,3421:38165
Palestine
100%
13,0201:34975
Bahrain-8,5531:15816
Saudi Arabia-5,7701:5,340845
Oman
100%
5,0801:809114
Israel
100%
4,1411:2,029423
United Arab Emirates-2,6481:2,701318
United States
100%
1,9961:181,6326,679
Tunisia
100%
1,2091:560102
South Africa
100%
8571:63,6326,071
Bangladesh-8251:193,28710,074
Afghanistan
 
96%
7281:44,8132,303
England
98%
 
7181:77,4413,173
Canada
100%
6511:50,8963,312
Thailand
100%
3931:178,28512,294
Kuwait-3131:12,0931,427
Sweden
100%
2021:48,8022,591
Poland-1881:202,2723,614
India
100%
1661:7,318,542245,424
Morocco-1641:209,4435,367
Malaysia
96%
 
1421:214,43612,158
Nigeria
100%
881:2,017,77740,483
Tanzania
100%
671:787,88517,987
Maldives
100%
661:6,574358
Germany
98%
 
641:1,510,5929,902
Philippines
100%
641:1,656,39838,793
Spain
100%
591:788,6437,834
Australia-531:257,6915,632
New Zealand-521:87,2323,887
Norway
100%
381:135,0613,905
China-361:37,945,99461,562
Qatar
100%
311:76,4399,122
Denmark-291:194,8104,364
France
100%
291:2,292,08112,764
Indonesia-281:9,212,988301,436
Iran
100%
271:2,907,29114,861
Brazil
100%
251:8,569,446111,821
Wales
100%
251:123,7722,766
Scotland
100%
241:222,9323,804
Switzerland
100%
201:410,6757,094
Ireland
100%
191:244,3964,129
Netherlands
96%
 
181:939,00516,684
Russia
100%
181:8,012,98432,991
Angola-161:1,685,4132,877
Italy
82%
 
161:3,816,38120,790
Kenya-101:4,630,71125,538
Austria
100%
91:946,0226,960
Belgium
100%
91:1,276,67114,181
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
91:151,2699,102
Japan-81:15,998,25741,670
Hungary
100%
71:1,398,8243,444
Czechia-51:2,131,2325,044
Uganda
100%
51:8,191,38458,906
Botswana-41:546,11213,807
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
Hong Kong-41:1,938,1818,439
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Ukraine-41:11,374,97714,813
Northern Ireland-31:614,3822,910
Singapore-31:2,095,68522,815
South Korea-31:1,848,14023,578
Albania-21:1,523,28533,816
Belarus
100%
21:4,741,19216,466
Guyana-21:381,63118,312
Mauritius-21:648,8928,630
Mexico
100%
21:62,072,21496,650
Puerto Rico-21:1,775,1506,781
Serbia-21:3,572,8608,125
Slovakia-21:2,655,0326,915
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Azerbaijan
100%
11:9,642,94442,290
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Burundi-11:9,906,5592,558
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Djibouti-11:915,6642,132
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Kyrgyzstan
100%
11:5,973,27746,622
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Liberia-11:4,412,06136,340
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Luxembourg
100%
11:564,0495,042
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Mauritania-11:4,095,23927,701
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-11:111,5807,062
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637

Waleed (75,291) may also be a surname.

Waleed 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

The name Walid or Waleed means 'he who is born', 'newborn' in Arabic.

- kamaln77

Waleed Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walleed92397/
Whaleed92130/
Walheed927/
Waaleed927/
Waleedd926/
Waleedh926/
Wayleed922/
Wwaleed921/
Waleeyd921/
Wealeed921/
Waled9144,838/
Whalleed867/
Waleeddh861/
Waleedts861/
Wal'leed861/
Walied8315,855/
Waleid834,540/
Walled833,512/
Waleet831,197/
Walead831,155/
Valeed83588/
Wailed83134/
Walete8329/
Weleed838/
Baleed837/
Waleyd837/
Wileed834/
Waaled833/
Whaled832/
Waledd832/
Woleed831/
Wayled831/
Walhed831/
Wahled831/
Ualeed831/
Wallied7799/
Whalied7743/
Walette7728/
Wahlied7721/
Wallead778/
Wallete775/
Whalled774/
Waalied774/
Valeedh772/
Walleid772/
Wailhed772/
Waliedt771/
Walleyd771/
Waliehd771/
Wahleet771/
Waleste771/
Walethe771/
Wasleet771/
Wealied771/
Waalaeedah75192/
Wwaalleedd751/
Walid73433,950/
Woled73925/
Walet73778/
Walyd73415/
Baled7353/
Valed7337/
Weled7312/
Wallette7138/
Wahyuled716/
Waylette712/
Wayalete711/
Whallied711/
Walaeedagha711/
Wauleste711/
Baleet6748,399/
Wailet67666/
Wallid67379/
Wallet67205/
Whalid67126/
Wolete6787/
Valedh6782/
Walezt6745/
Waylet6737/
Waliet6735/
Valete6734/
Wallyd6728/
Walite6727/
Wailid6726/
Valied6723/
Wahlid6718/
Walaid6718/
Vailed6714/
Waalid6712/
Waleth679/
Wualid679/
Waluyd678/
Walidh678/
Waleat676/
Walhid675/
Waelyd674/
Wailyd674/
Waleit673/
Valled673/
Waelet673/
Valeet672/
Valeyd672/
Walisd672/
Walidd672/
Baledh672/
Wileet672/
Wileid672/
Woleyd671/
Bailed671/
Ualied671/
Vayled671/
Wwalid671/
Wolied671/
Wholed671/
Whalyd671/
Walest671/
Walett671/
Walhyd671/
Walayd671/
Welead671/
Weleid671/
Welied671/
Walitd671/
W'alid671/
Wahlet671/
Hwoled671/
Waliod671/
Weeled671/
Whalet671/
Ualete671/

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