Rashid
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Transliteration of Arabic رَشِيد (rašīd).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Rashid (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Rashid has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 129 |
| 2000 | 140 |
| 2001 | 149 |
| 2002 | 153 |
| 2003 | 157 |
| 2004 | 166 |
| 2005 | 164 |
| 2006 | 190 |
| 2007 | 202 |
| 2008 | 212 |
| 2009 | 230 |
| 2010 | 242 |
| 2011 | 247 |
| 2012 | 254 |
| 2013 | 276 |
| 2014 | 302 |
| 2015 | 321 |
| 2016 | 354 |
| 2017 | 385 |
| 2018 | 409 |
| 2019 | 435 |
| 2020 | 447 |
Rashid in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Rashid.Hi! My name is Rashid.
- Rashid har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Rashid has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Rashid kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Rashid is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Rashids mamma är lärare.Rashid's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Rashids mamma is Rashid's mum.
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Questions about Rashid
How do you pronounce Rashid in Swedish?
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What does the name Rashid mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Transliteration of Arabic رَشِيد (rašīd).
How popular is Rashid in Sweden?
3 babies were named Rashid in 2022. In 2020, 447 people in Sweden had Rashid as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.