Naveed
given name · Urdu · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Naveed is a given name, most frequently recorded in Pakistan, where it is the 33rd most common given name. It appears chiefly in Urdu and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: A transliteration of the Persian male given name نوید (navid, novid).
- PKPakistan1 in 1.6K◐
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 23K
- CACanada1 in 38K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2.8K ●
- 3 ●
- Sources
- 251 ●
- 1 in 20K ◐
across 7 countries
recorded for this name
83K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Navid in IN India, US United States, IR Iran and 14 more and Навид in RU Russia.
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●
A transliteration of the Persian male given name نوید (navid, novid).
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #33 | 115,054 | 13K rec. | — | 7 | Naveed | 137 |
| IN India | — | 32,333 | 16K rec. | — | 5 | Navid | 94 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 8,980 | 5.3K rec. | — | 3 | Naveed | 105 |
| IR Iran | — | 4,572 | 3.5K rec. | — | — | Navid | 72 |
| AU Australia | — | 2,289 | 2.5K rec. | — | 1 | Naveed | 87 |
| CA Canada | — | 2,186 | 2.1K rec. | — | 1 | Navid | 89 |
| DE Germany | — | 2,145 | 2K rec. | — | 1 | Navid | 100 |
| US United States | — | 1,658 | 30K rec. | 1 in 201K | 1.7K | Navid | 251 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 730 | 845 rec. | — | — | Navid | 23 |
| SE Sweden | — | 520 | 313 rec. | 1 in 20K | 520 | Navid | 44 |
| BD Bangladesh | — | 497 | 498 rec. | — | — | Navid | 46 |
| RU Russia | — | 415 | 554 rec. | — | — | Навид | 65 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Urdu124K66%
- English22K11%
- Hindi12K6%
- Arabic9K5%
- 2.6K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Urdu | 123,633 | 66% |
| English | 21,513 | 11% |
| Hindi | 11,933 | 6% |
| Arabic | 9,009 | 5% |
| 2,632 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Naveed is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, : happy tidings, good news
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
In English, Persian/Urdu; good news, glad tidings
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Muslim name, from Persian:
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
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●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 |
| 1978 | 7 |
| 1979 | 6 |
| 1980 | 11 |
| 1981 | 9 |
| 1982 | 7 |
| 1983 | 8 |
| 1984 | 12 |
| 1985 | 9 |
| 1986 | 7 |
| 1987 | 20 |
| 1988 | 15 |
| 1989 | 21 |
| 1990 | 23 |
| 1991 | 24 |
| 1992 | 19 |
| 1993 | 18 |
| 1994 | 23 |
| 1995 | 20 |
| 1996 | 18 |
| 1997 | 8 |
| 1998 | 12 |
| 1999 | 21 |
| 2000 | 16 |
| 2001 | 17 |
| 2002 | 16 |
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2004 | 18 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 9 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2010 | 23 |
| 2011 | 20 |
| 2012 | 16 |
| 2013 | 22 |
| 2014 | 18 |
| 2015 | 25 |
| 2016 | 17 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2018 | 16 |
| 2019 | 21 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2023 | 12 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 8 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 48 years between 1976–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Syed Naveed Qamarb. 1955PKPakistani politician
- Naveed Jamalib. 1976USAmerican national security expert
- Naveed Akramb. 1984PKfootball player
- Naveed Sattarb. 2000GBScottish medical researcher
- Naveed Zafar Janjuab. 2000USresearcher
- Naveed Hussainb. 2000USresearcher (ORCID 0000-0002-1809-5760)
- Naveed Akramb. 2001AUalleged mass shooter of Bondi Beach (born 2001)
- Naveed IshaqueGBresearcher
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●
Attested in 51 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | India Names Dataset — Andhra Pradesh Electoral Rolls (Internet Archive) | — | 2.4K | #1,776 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.7K | #8,475 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #22,865 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 904 | #5,796 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 580 | #38,214 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 447 | #8,777 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 447 | #8,747 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 391 | #5,424 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 367 | #2,637 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 366 | #3,101 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 208 | #7,579 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 197 | #87,729 |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 170 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Naveed?
- We estimate roughly 2.8 thousand people bear Naveed (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
- In which country does Naveed have the most bearers?
- Naveed is most frequently recorded in Pakistan, where it is most often spelled naveed.
- How common is Naveed compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Naveed is the 33rd most common given name of 75,254 given names recorded there.
- Is Naveed a male or female name?
- Naveed 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 Naveed mean?
- Recorded meaning: A transliteration of the Persian male given name نوید (navid, novid).
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Naveed” — the 33rd most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.