Rashida
A unisex name of Arabic origin, meaning rightly guided; wise.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Rashida by the numbers
Rashida was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 338 babies in 1977, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rashida. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rasheedarightly guided; wise5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Rashida
Names that are said the same way as Rashida, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Rashida, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Rashida
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