Muslim Name · Male · Arabic origin
Majid Name Meaning in Islam
Glorious.
- Meaning
- Glorious. Al-Majid divine name. 'He is Al-Majid' (85:15). Top Arab boys name
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Boy
- Urdu
- ماجد
- Pronunciation
- MAA-jid
- Lucky number
- 3
Is Majid an Islamic name? Yes. Majid is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Glorious. Al-Majid divine name. 'He is Al-Majid' (85:15). Top Arab boys name. It was carried by Majid Majidi. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
م-ج-د, from m-j-d, to be glorious, noble. Al-Majīd is one of the divine names: the All-Glorious. Sūrat al-Burūj 85:15 names Him 'Dhū'l-ʿArsh al-Majīd'.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Meem of love opens, Alif anchors the One, Jeem of inner beauty turns the heart, Dal becomes the door of return. Love, origin, beauty, return, a glory that draws others toward God.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Majid's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Mu'min, the Faithful, carried by a person as a faith others can lean on. A person named Majid lives with more inside them than any one word can hold.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
The glorious, the magnificent, the splendid, from the root م-ج-د (majada, to be glorious, to be praised). Al-Majid is one of the ninety-nine beautiful names of Allah, naming Him as the One whose glory is unmatched in essence and act. The Quran applies the related adjective to itself: 'But it is a glorious Quran (qur'anun majid)' (85:21), and to the Throne of Allah: 'Possessor of the Throne, the Most Glorious (dhu al-arshi al-majeed)' (85:15).
The same root gives the related divine name al-Majeed (the Most Glorious), used at the end of the supplication of Ibrahim that Muslims recite in every prayer: 'Innaka hamidun majid' ('Indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Glorious'), the closing words of the Salawat al-Ibrahimiyya in the final tashahhud.
As a personal name, Majid is normally combined with Abd: Abd al-Majid (Servant of the Glorious). The Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I (r. 1839-1861) bore this name. The standalone Majid is also widely used. Top Arab, Pakistani, and Turkish boys name. The feminine Majida is equally common. Variants: Majeed, Majid, Mecit (Turkish), Macid. The Arabic is مَجِيد.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Majid Majidi . Iranian filmmaker, director of 'Children of Heaven' (1997, Oscar-nominated)
How to Pronounce Majid
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About the name Majid
What does the name Majid mean?
The letters of Majid, beginning with Meem, each carry a separate quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof read here? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Majid? →
Is Majid mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Majid mean in Urdu?
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Is Majid a good Islamic name?
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What is the spiritual meaning of Majid in Ilm ul Huroof?
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