Shaheed
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning martyr, witness to faith.
Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Shaheed by the numbers
Shaheed was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 60 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shaheed. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Shaheed
Names that are said the same way as Shaheed, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Shahidwitness; martyr20 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean faith
Like Shaheed, each of these has faith in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Shaheed
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