Walid Name Meaning, Origins & Popularity

Walid Forename

2,355^th

Most Common

name in the World

Approximately 433,950 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:

Egypt

Highest density in:

Libya

Walid 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'.

Walid Forename Distribution

Place	Gender	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Egypt	100%	238,875	1:385	69
Libya	-	48,107	1:129	17
Algeria	100%	33,112	1:1,153	217
Morocco	100%	27,160	1:1,265	221
Sudan	100%	25,781	1:1,466	275
Bangladesh	100%	13,014	1:12,253	1,547
Iran	100%	5,526	1:14,205	943
Tunisia	100%	3,830	1:177	10
United States	100%	3,786	1:95,757	4,315
Afghanistan	91%	3,085	1:10,575	1,079
France	100%	2,982	1:22,291	972
Philippines	99%	2,735	1:38,760	3,103
Spain	100%	2,563	1:18,154	1,106
Indonesia	100%	2,058	1:125,347	13,493
Saudi Arabia	-	1,923	1:16,023	2,199
Oman	100%	1,624	1:2,530	359
Iraq	100%	1,511	1:23,175	1,213
Canada	100%	1,409	1:23,516	2,028
Pakistan	93%	1,349	1:144,075	5,507
Bahrain	-	1,213	1:1,112	182
Ethiopia	-	925	1:105,470	7,385
Ghana	100%	899	1:30,018	1,918
Sweden	100%	723	1:13,635	1,081
England	99%	712	1:78,094	3,194
Nigeria	100%	652	1:272,338	10,543
Germany	100%	650	1:148,735	2,651
Yemen	-	616	1:42,690	1,160
Somaliland	-	501	1:6,990	573
Brazil	100%	466	1:459,734	15,536
Kenya	-	355	1:130,443	6,204
Poland	100%	330	1:115,234	2,410
Belgium	100%	324	1:35,463	2,068
Venezuela	100%	318	1:94,975	4,396
Thailand	100%	287	1:244,132	14,953
United Arab Emirates	-	273	1:26,198	2,589
Netherlands	100%	260	1:65,008	4,024
Kuwait	-	256	1:14,786	1,684
Gabon	-	241	1:7,815	1,376
Tanzania	100%	227	1:232,548	9,061
Mali	-	221	1:76,822	3,384
Denmark	-	213	1:26,523	1,371
Malaysia	99%	209	1:145,693	9,225
Jordan	-	179	1:49,312	1,540
Syria	-	173	1:111,596	1,963
Switzerland	100%	170	1:48,315	2,166
India	100%	131	1:9,273,878	286,296
Dominican Republic	-	130	1:80,241	4,513
Malawi	100%	127	1:134,743	6,567
Australia	-	109	1:125,299	4,101
Djibouti	-	109	1:8,401	725
Italy	98%	103	1:592,836	6,018
Norway	100%	92	1:55,786	2,212
Lebanon	65%	86	1:65,437	2,673
Portugal	-	83	1:125,432	3,169
Austria	100%	67	1:127,078	2,368
Greece	100%	59	1:185,331	3,902
Russia	100%	55	1:2,622,431	16,061
Romania	100%	53	1:378,339	11,055
DR Congo	100%	48	1:1,538,075	40,404
Mexico	100%	46	1:2,698,792	14,064
Senegal	100%	45	1:324,030	5,183
Uganda	97%	44	1:930,839	16,690
Benin	100%	43	1:245,950	10,787
New Zealand	-	42	1:108,001	4,458
China	-	35	1:39,030,165	61,639
South Africa	100%	31	1:1,759,118	54,898
Colombia	100%	27	1:1,769,590	15,718
Panama	100%	27	1:144,687	6,280
Angola	-	25	1:1,078,664	2,481
Finland	86%	23	1:238,399	3,800
Qatar	100%	23	1:103,026	12,248
Cyprus	100%	22	1:39,594	1,941
Niger	100%	21	1:913,524	14,851
Ireland	100%	20	1:232,176	4,019
Peru	93%	20	1:1,589,573	17,785
Burkina Faso	100%	16	1:1,148,717	30,311
Sierra Leone	-	16	1:443,041	536
Ivory Coast	100%	15	1:1,538,396	39,344
Wales	81%	15	1:206,287	3,673
Scotland	100%	14	1:382,169	5,277
Aruba	-	13	1:7,983	1,397
Czechia	100%	13	1:819,705	3,136
Ukraine	-	13	1:3,499,993	7,073
Hungary	89%	11	1:890,161	2,642
Japan	-	10	1:12,798,606	38,248
Luxembourg	100%	10	1:56,405	2,050
Chad	100%	9	1:1,510,933	6,264
Comoros	-	9	1:84,593	329
Equatorial Guinea	-	9	1:126,410	509
Madagascar	-	9	1:2,625,490	3,077
Tajikistan	-	9	1:930,547	3,856
Togo	-	9	1:804,360	4,738
Curaçao	-	8	1:19,475	726
Paraguay	100%	8	1:904,601	6,499
Argentina	100%	7	1:6,110,463	14,292
Croatia	100%	7	1:602,439	6,285
Belize	100%	6	1:59,052	4,175
Iceland	-	6	1:61,003	3,164
Kazakhstan	-	6	1:2,957,808	19,121
Mauritius	-	6	1:216,297	4,288
Slovakia	100%	6	1:885,010	3,389
Bolivia	-	5	1:2,120,281	4,345
Monaco	100%	5	1:7,693	1,062
Singapore	-	5	1:1,257,411	16,611
Taiwan	100%	5	1:4,753,936	76,486
Belarus	100%	4	1:2,370,596	9,928
Hong Kong	-	4	1:1,938,181	8,439
Israel	93%	4	1:2,100,730	20,870
Malta	-	4	1:107,340	2,111
Mauritania	100%	4	1:1,023,810	14,082
Somalia	-	4	1:3,381,467	5,208
South Korea	-	4	1:1,386,105	20,690
Sri Lanka	-	4	1:5,199,772	10,550
Turkmenistan	-	4	1:1,368,218	2,487
Bulgaria	-	3	1:2,330,130	16,302
Cambodia	-	3	1:5,424,443	41,412
Chile	100%	3	1:5,869,069	26,159
Congo	100%	3	1:1,669,735	30,542
Guinea	-	3	1:3,952,882	6,312
Liberia	100%	3	1:1,470,687	25,732
Nicaragua	-	3	1:2,006,112	19,543
Haiti	-	2	1:5,363,476	32,317
Latvia	-	2	1:1,007,822	4,547
Papua New Guinea	100%	2	1:4,076,157	155,819
Puerto Rico	-	2	1:1,775,150	6,781
Trinidad and Tobago	-	2	1:680,710	23,658
Turkey	-	2	1:38,900,854	64,839
Albania	100%	1	1:3,046,570	49,159
American Samoa	-	1	1:55,845	3,376
Armenia	-	1	1:2,918,753	14,910
Azerbaijan	-	1	1:9,642,944	42,290
Brunei	100%	1	1:419,570	3,266
Cameroon	-	1	1:21,610,503	119,836
Costa Rica	100%	1	1:4,767,948	27,206
Ecuador	-	1	1:17,726,919	31,775
El Salvador	-	1	1:6,341,786	16,428
Faroe Islands	100%	1	1:49,127	2,467
French Polynesia	-	1	1:277,902	3,605
Gambia	-	1	1:1,926,596	1,391
Georgia	-	1	1:3,738,466	29,095
Grenada	100%	1	1:108,125	4,208
Guatemala	-	1	1:16,108,429	13,998
Guinea-Bissau	-	1	1:1,728,218	422
Guyana	-	1	1:763,262	24,238
Honduras	-	1	1:8,817,467	33,018
Kyrgyzstan	-	1	1:5,973,277	46,622
Lesotho	-	1	1:2,039,997	47,971
Macau	-	1	1:608,209	2,350
Maldives	100%	1	1:433,903	5,827
Mozambique	-	1	1:27,243,357	5,091
Namibia	-	1	1:2,404,179	16,970
Nepal	100%	1	1:28,487,352	119,417
New Caledonia	-	1	1:270,164	3,221
Rwanda	-	1	1:11,371,433	4,615
São Tomé and Príncipe	100%	1	1:191,997	5,295
Slovenia	-	1	1:2,458,758	6,723
Solomon Islands	-	1	1:580,957	8,641
Zambia	-	1	1:15,854,794	66,637
Zimbabwe	-	1	1:15,423,817	113,731

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The alternate forms: Wàlid (1) are calculated separately.

Walid (78,323) may also be a surname.

Walid 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

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Walid Forename Popularity

Walid Demographics

Walid Religious Adherence
in Russia

Sample size: 6 (2016)

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Phonetically Similar Names

Forename	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Wàlid	93	1	/
Walied	91	15,855	/
Waleid	91	4,540	/
Wallid	91	379	/
Whalid	91	126	/
Wailid	91	26	/
Wahlid	91	18	/
Walaid	91	18	/
Waalid	91	12	/
Wualid	91	9	/
Walidh	91	8	/
Walhid	91	5	/
Walisd	91	2	/
Walidd	91	2	/
Wwalid	91	1	/
Walitd	91	1	/
W'alid	91	1	/
Waliod	91	1	/
Wallied	83	99	/
Whalied	83	43	/
Wahlied	83	21	/
Waalied	83	4	/
Walleid	83	2	/
Whallid	83	1	/
Waliayd	83	1	/
Walidth	83	1	/
Waliedt	83	1	/
Wahalid	83	1	/
Waliehd	83	1	/
Wealied	83	1	/
Wuhalid	83	1	/
Waled	80	44,838	/
Valid	80	2,867	/
Walit	80	823	/
Walyd	80	415	/
Welid	80	167	/
Balid	80	107	/
Ualid	80	50	/
Wolid	80	29	/
Whallied	77	1	/
Waleed	73	634,437	/
Walled	73	3,512	/
Walait	73	1,869	/
Walead	73	1,155	/
Wailed	73	134	/
Waelit	73	131	/
Whalit	73	50	/
Walith	73	36	/
Waliet	73	35	/
Valaid	73	34	/
Wallyd	73	28	/
Walite	73	27	/
Valied	73	23	/
Balaid	73	20	/
Wailit	73	18	/
Wallit	73	10	/
Validh	73	10	/
Waluyd	73	8	/
Waleyd	73	7	/
Hualid	73	5	/
Waelyd	73	4	/
Wailyd	73	4	/
Waleit	73	3	/
Waylit	73	3	/
Wajlit	73	3	/
Walhit	73	3	/
Waaled	73	3	/
Waliot	73	3	/
Whaled	73	2	/
Wualit	73	2	/
Ballid	73	2	/
Baloid	73	2	/
Waledd	73	2	/
Ualied	73	1	/
Vaalid	73	1	/
Vailid	73	1	/
Vaslid	73	1	/
Vaylid	73	1	/
Wolied	73	1	/
Woilid	73	1	/
Whalyd	73	1	/
Wayled	73	1	/
Walhed	73	1	/
Walhyd	73	1	/
Walayd	73	1	/
Weloid	73	1	/
Welaid	73	1	/
Weleid	73	1	/
Welied	73	1	/
Wahled	73	1	/
Vualid	73	1	/
Walleed	67	397	/
Whaleed	67	130	/
Wallait	67	36	/
Wallead	67	8	/
Wailith	67	7	/
Walheed	67	7	/
Waaleed	67	7	/
Walithe	67	6	/
Waleedd	67	6	/
Waleedh	67	6	/
Walliet	67	5	/
Whalled	67	4	/
Valiaid	67	4	/
Walaait	67	2	/
Waihlit	67	2	/
Walaite	67	2	/
Waliste	67	2	/
Wayleed	67	2	/
Wallist	67	2	/
Wailhed	67	2	/
Whallyd	67	2	/
Baliaid	67	1	/
Ballidh	67	1	/
Bahalid	67	1	/
Baaleid	67	1	/
Valaaid	67	1	/
Vajlidt	67	1	/
Vaylidt	67	1	/
Ouhalid	67	1	/
Wwaleed	67	1	/
Wualith	67	1	/
Wayliet	67	1	/
Waylith	67	1	/
Waleeyd	67	1	/
Waliayt	67	1	/
Wajliht	67	1	/
Wajlitt	67	1	/
Wailait	67	1	/
Weileid	67	1	/
Wealeed	67	1	/
Walitte	67	1	/
Walleyd	67	1	/
Wallite	67	1	/
Wallith	67	1	/
Wahliet	67	1	/
Whalite	67	1	/
Vealied	67	1	/
Walaiwadee	67	1	/
Waullit	67	1	/
Wuallyd	67	1	/

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Footnotes

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Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Walid