Waleed
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic, variant of Walid. From Arabic وَلِيد (walīd).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Waleed (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, Waleed has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. 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 | – |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 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 | 23 |
| 2000 | 24 |
| 2001 | 30 |
| 2002 | 35 |
| 2003 | 40 |
| 2004 | 44 |
| 2005 | 47 |
| 2006 | 57 |
| 2007 | 76 |
| 2008 | 103 |
| 2009 | 119 |
| 2010 | 132 |
| 2011 | 143 |
| 2012 | 155 |
| 2013 | 177 |
| 2014 | 188 |
| 2015 | 212 |
| 2016 | 248 |
| 2017 | 277 |
| 2018 | 296 |
| 2019 | 312 |
| 2020 | 318 |
Waleed in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Waleed.Hi! My name is Waleed.
- Waleed ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Waleed called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Waleed har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Waleed has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Waleeds mamma är lärare.Waleed's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Waleeds mamma is Waleed's mum.
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Questions about Waleed
How do you pronounce Waleed in Swedish?
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What does the name Waleed mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic, variant of Walid. From Arabic وَلِيد (walīd).
How popular is Waleed in Sweden?
3 babies were named Waleed in 2022. In 2020, 318 people in Sweden had Waleed as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2015 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.