Rashid is the transliteration of two male given names: and (also spelled Rasheed), both meaning 'rightly guided', 'having the true faith', or alternatively, 'the high one'.

In Islamic tradition, al-Rashid is one of the 99 names of Allah, and thus as a personal name is often used with the word abd (عبد الرشيد, ʻAbd al-Rashīd; "servant of the rightly guided").

Given name

  • Rashid (rapper) (born 1988), Brazilian rapper
  • Rashid III ibn Ahmad Al Mu'alla (1932–2009), former ruler of Umm al-Quwain, part of the United Arab Emirates
  • Rashid Ali (born 1975), Danish cricketer
  • Rashid Ali, Indian singer, musician, and composer
  • Rashied Ali (1933–2009), American avant-garde jazz drummer
  • Raashid Alvi (born 1956), Indian politician
  • Rachid Arma (born 1985), Moroccan footballer
  • Rasyid Bakri (born 1991), Indonesian footballer
  • Rasyid Bancin (born 1986), Indonesian politician
  • Rashid Baz, Lebanese convicted murderer
  • Rashid Behbudov (1915–1989), Azerbaijani singer
  • Rachid Bouaita (born 1974), French boxer
  • Rashed Al Hooti (born 1989), Bahraini footballer
  • Rashid Khalidi (born 1948), Palestinian-American historian
  • Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa (born 1954), Bahraini royal
  • Räshid Hakimsan (1934–1997), Finnish Tatar hockey player
  • Rashid Khan (actor) (1915–1972), Indian actor
  • Rashid Khan (cricketer) (born 1998), Afghan cricketer
  • Rashid Khan (Pakistani cricketer) (born 1959), Pakistani cricketer
  • Rashid Khan (golfer) (born 1991), Indian golfer
  • Rashid Khan (musician) (1968–2024), Indian musician
  • Rashid Khan Gaplanov (1883–1937), Azerbaijani statesman
  • Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco (born 1970), Moroccan royal
  • Al-Rashid of Morocco (1631–1672), Sultan of Morocco from 1666 to 1672
  • Rashid Latif (born 1968), Pakistani cricket player
  • Rashid Mahazi (born 1992), Australian footballer
  • Rashid al-Marikhi, Sufi shaikh in Bahrain
  • Rasheed Muhammad (born 1971), Pakistani tissue seller and murderer
  • Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912–1974), Soviet chess player
  • Räshid Nasretdin (1920–2010), Finnish Tatar photographer
  • Rashid Nurgaliyev (born 1956), Russian military officer
  • Rashid Ramzi (born 1980), Moroccan athlete
  • Rashid Rana (born 1978), Pakistani visual artist
  • Rashid Rauf (1981–2008), alleged Al-Qaeda operative
  • Rashid Sarwar (born 1965), Scottish footballer
  • Rashid Shaheed (born 1998), American football player
  • Rashid Taha (1958–2018), French-Algerian rock-rai musician and activist
  • Rashid Taha al-Khoja (1884–1962), Kingdom of Iraq politician
  • Rasheed Wallace (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Rashid Yasemi (1895–1951), Iranian poet
  • Rachid Yazami (born 1953), Moroccan scientist known for his work on lithium batteries
  • Brother Rachid (born 1971), Moroccan ex-Muslim

Surname

  • Abdul Rashid (hurdler) (1979–2025), Pakistani Olympic sprint hurdler
  • Abdul Rasyid Kacong (born 1965), Indonesian military officer
  • Abdullah Rasheed (born 1952), Maldivian former leader of the World Scouts Association
  • Adil Rashid (born 1988), English cricketer
  • Akbar Rasyid (born 1983), Indonesian footballer
  • Anies Rasyid Baswedan (born 7 1969), Indonesian politician
  • Ariff Ar-Rasyid (born 1998), Malaysian footballer
  • Ahmad Baba Rachid (1946–1995), Algerian musician
  • Ahmed Rashid (born 1948), Pakistani author and former revolutionary
  • Amin Abu Rashid (born 1966/67), Palestinian Dutch Hamas leader
  • Ashraf Rashid (1948–2004), Pakistani general
  • Gholam Ali Rashid (1953–2025), Iranian major general
  • Harun al-Rashid (763/766–809), Caliph of Baghdad (lived 763–809)
  • Harun Al Rasyid Zain (1927–2014), Indonesian academics
  • Al-Rashid Billah (1109–1138), Caliph of Baghdad (ruled 1135–1136)
  • Kameelah Janan Rasheed (born 1985), American writer
  • Kamran Rasheed (born 1949), Pakistani cricketer
  • Karim Rashid (born 1960), American industrial designer
  • Khalid Rashid (born 1970), Pakistani Guantanamo detainee
  • Khalida Rashid Khan (born 1949), first female judge in the Superior Judiciary of Pakistan
  • Leila Rachid (born 1955), Paraguayan diplomat
  • Maesyal Rasyid (born 1965), Indonesian politician
  • Mamunur Rashid (born 1948), Bangladeshi actor, director, scriptwriter
  • Mohamed Al Rashed (born 1994), Sudanese footballer
  • Mohammad Rashed (born 1987), Kuwaiti footballer
  • Muhammad Rashid (field hockey, born 1941) (1941–2009), Pakistani hockey player
  • Muhammad Rashid (field hockey, born 1992), Pakistani hockey player
  • Muhd Noor Firdaus Ar-Rasyid (born 1996), Bruneian sprinter
  • Richard Rashid (born 1951), American computer science researcher
  • Roger Rasheed (born 1969), Australian tennis coach and commentator
  • Shaun Rashid, English cricketer
  • Tauffiq Ar-Rasyid (born 1995), Malaysian footballer

See also

  • Raschid
  • Rashida (disambiguation)
  • Reşid
  • Rachid (disambiguation)
  • Abdul Rashid (name)
  • Arshad (disambiguation)

References