Rashid Family History
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Rashid Name Meaning
Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic rashid ‘wise’, ‘judicious’, ‘rightly guided’, ‘right-minded’. Al-Rashid ‘the Right-Minded’ is an epithet of Allah (see the Qur’an 11:87). Rashid is used in combination with other words, e.g. ?Abd ur-Rashid ‘servant of the Right-Minded’. Harun ur-Rashid (786–809) was the most famous of the Abbasid khalifs. This name is widespread throughout the Muslim world.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Rahim, Hashim, Bashir, Rashed, Rush, Masood, Rassi, Raskin, Jasmin