Muslim Name · Male · Arabic origin
Waleed Name Meaning in Islam
Newborn.
- Meaning
- Newborn. South Asian doubled-e spelling
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Boy
- Urdu
- ولید
- Pronunciation
- WA-leed
- Lucky number
- 5
Is Waleed an Islamic name? Yes. Waleed is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Newborn. South Asian doubled-e spelling. It was carried by Walid ibn Abd al-Malik. 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
و-ل-د, from w-l-d, to be born. Walīd is the newborn. Khālid ibn al-Walīd (RA) was the Companion 'Sword of God'.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Waw connection, Lam authority, Ya reaching, Dal return.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Waleed weaves earth and water, the elements of steadiness and mercy, patience and feeling. The person is asked to be both root and river, a slow, sheltering presence. Running through the reading is Al-Wadud, the Loving, meaning the bearer is trusted with a steady, connective love, joined by Al-Dayyan, the Judge, carried as the fair judgment that keeps a household whole. A person named Waleed keeps a home even in weather.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
The newborn boy, the new-arrived child, from the root و-ل-د (walada, to give birth). The Quran uses the same root throughout, including in the description of the newborn Isa: 'How shall I have a boy (walad) when no man has touched me?' (3:47, 19:20). Walid is the active participle: the boy as he is being brought into the world, fresh and full of life.
The name was carried in early Islamic history by al-Walid ibn al-Walid (RA), the brother of Khalid ibn al-Walid, who accepted Islam after being captured at Badr; and by the Umayyad caliph al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik (r. 86-96 AH), under whose reign the Umayyad mosque of Damascus and the al-Aqsa mosque were built and the Muslim conquests reached Spain in the west and Sindh in the east. The Quran also condemns a man called al-Walid ibn al-Mughira in Surah al-Muddaththir (74:11-26), though that is a different historical figure who opposed the Prophet ﷺ.
Top Arab, Maghrebi, Pakistani, and Turkish boys name. Variants: Walid, Waleed, Walied, Velid (Bosnian/Turkish), Wleed. The Arabic is وَلِيد.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Walid ibn Abd al-Malik . Sixth Umayyad caliph, builder of the Great Mosque of Damascus
How to Pronounce Waleed
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About the name Waleed
What does the name Waleed mean?
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Is Waleed mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Waleed mean in Urdu?
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Is Waleed a good Islamic name?
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