Hamid

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Хамид in RU Russia, UZ Uzbekistan, KZ Kazakhstan and 1 more, Hameed in PK Pakistan, NG Nigeria and Hamit in TR Türkiye.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Hamid is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name198K records spelled Hamid16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Morocco, Iran

  Also written Ḥamīd, Ḥāmid, Hämid, Hāmid, Hamīd

• Pashto given name12K records spelled Hamid3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Iran, India, Afghanistan

  Also written Ḥamīd, Ḥāmid

• Danish given name6.7K records spelled Hamid25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Håmïd, Hàmíd, Hãmįd, Hämīd, Håmīd

• Amharic given name5.6K records spelled Hamid5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia, Morocco, United States

  Also written ሀሚድ, ሃሚድ, ሀምድ, Hamïd

66 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Hamid is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• from a personal name based on Arabic hdmid ‘praising’, ‘praiser (of Allah)’, or hantld ‘praised’, ‘praiseworthy’ . Al-Hamid ‘the All-Laudable’ is an attribute of Allah. The name 'Abd-ul-Hamid means ‘servant of the All-Laudable’. The root hmd ‘praise’ is one of the most common elements in Arabic name forming; in addition to this name, it also lies behind names such as Ahmad and Muhammad.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Arabic, Thanking God

  as a name·The book of African names

• Toledo

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Swedish, Hamid är ett arabiskt namn med betydelsen ’prisad, berömvärd’ medan Hamed (från Haamid) betyder ’den som prisar’. En femininform är Hamida.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 92 years between 1914–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Hamad bin Said Al Busaidib. 1800OMnot in their usual nameIman of Oman
• Hamid Gulb. 1936PKPakistani general (1936–2015)
• Hamid Algabidb. 1941NENigerien politician
• Hamid Alidoustib. 1956IRIranian football player and manager
• Hamid Karzaib. 1957AFPresident of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014
• Abu Omar al-Baghdadib. 1959IQnot in their usual nameFirst leader of the Islamic State of Iraq (1959–2010)
• Hamid Baghaeib. 1969IRIranian politician
• Hamid Reza Estilib. 1971IRIranian footballer
• Hamid Sourianb. 1985IRIranian Greco-Roman wrestler
• Hamid Ismailb. 1987QAQatari footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 807 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hamid?

We estimate roughly 19 thousand people bear Hamid (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Hamid have the most bearers?

Hamid is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled hamit.

How common is Hamid compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Hamid is the 194th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

Is Hamid a male or female name?

Hamid is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Hamid mean?

Recorded meaning: praised, commended, praiseworthy, commendable.