Zahid
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning ascetic or devoted worshipper.
Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies
Zahid by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Zahid. In the US, 28 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 50 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zahid. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zaidhe increased, growth110 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zahirblooming flower, brilliant, shining214 in the US (2017)
- Zahinintelligent or sharp-minded3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zahi8 in the US (2017)
- Zamirsongbird or nightingale177 in the US (2017)
- Zayedto increase or grow; variant of Zaid10 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean holiness
Like Zahid, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Zahid
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