Shahid

Spellings & scripts●

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 2 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◐

Shahid 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 name146K records spelled Shahid8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Shāhid, Shahîd, Shahi̊d, S̲h̲ahîd, Shahīd

• French given name6.3K records spelled Shahid5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, India

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Shâhid, Shåhïd, Shåhîd

• Danish given name2.0K records spelled Shahid7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, India, United States

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Şhàhįd, Shâhid

• Thai given name1.3K records spelled Shahid16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Thailand, Laos, Philippines

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Sahid, ซาฮิด, ชาฮิด, ซาฮีดี, ซาฮีด

50 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●

Shahid is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, witness, martyr in the cause of Islam and as such held in very high esteem and honour.*? |gisl Gaills age sic clagalls Gotzteall aa atl! alu, ail, "And those who believe in Allah and His Messengers, they are the pious and the martyrs

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In English, Alternative spelling of shaheed.

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

• In Uzbek, martyr

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

• In Arabic, witness, angel

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim 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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 102 years between 1899–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Shahid Qadrib. 1942BDPoet and writer (1942-2016)
• Agha Shahid Alib. 1949INIndian poet (1949–2001)
• Shahid Khanb. 1950USAmerican businessman (born 1950)
• Shahid Khaqan Abbasib. 1958PKPakistani politician and businessman
• Shahid Malikb. 1967GBBritish politician (born 1967)
• Shahid Azmib. 1977INIndian lawyer
• Shahid Afridib. 1980PKPakistani cricketer (born 1980)
• Shahid Kapoorb. 1981INIndian actor (born 1981)
• Shahid BalkhiAFIranian writer
• Shahid Ahmedactor

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 · 373 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Shahid?

We estimate roughly 3.6 thousand people bear Shahid (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Shahid have the most bearers?

Shahid is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled shahid.

How common is Shahid compared with other names?

In India, Shahid is the 640th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Shahid a male or female name?

Shahid 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 Shahid mean?

Recorded meaning: witness; martyr; one