Waleed
given name · Arabic · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Waleed is a given name, most frequently recorded in Egypt, where it is the 80th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Arabic and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Arabic/Muslim: 'newborn'.
- TNTunisia1 in 229◐
- EGEgypt1 in 758
- MAMorocco1 in 787
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈22K ●
- 3 ●
- Sources
- 298 ●
- 1 in 5.5K ◐
across 9 countries
recorded for this name
320K records
Official registry-verified
France
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Walid in FR France, US United States, SY Syria and 17 more, Валид in RU Russia and Валід in UA Ukraine.
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●
Arabic/Muslim: 'newborn'
Sources 1
- African Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG Egypt | #80 | 51,781 | 31K rec. | — | listed | Waleed | 145 |
| SY Syria | #142 | 24,186 | 26K rec. | — | — | Walid | 48 |
| MA Morocco | #62 | 19,525 | 17K rec. | — | — | Walid | 105 |
| DZ Algeria | #58 | 18,559 | 20K rec. | — | — | Walid | 76 |
| TN Tunisia | #4 | 17,396 | 7.8K rec. | — | 1.4K | Walid | 94 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #54 | 16,760 | 7.5K rec. | — | — | Waleed | 171 |
| FR France | #593 | 12,280 | 57K rec. | 1 in 5.5K | 12K | Walid | 298 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 11,649 | 12K rec. | — | — | Waleed | 30 |
| PK Pakistan | #426 | 10,750 | 4.7K rec. | — | listed | Waleed | 94 |
| RU Russia | — | 8,866 | 6.4K rec. | — | #738 | Валид | 97 |
| IQ Iraq | — | 8,658 | 9.6K rec. | — | — | Waleed | 56 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 6,285 | 5K rec. | — | listed | Walid | 107 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Arabic76K58%
- English14K11%
- Urdu7.5K6%
- Turkish2.5K2%
- Spanish2.2K2%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | 75,992 | 58% |
| English | 14,230 | 11% |
| Urdu | 7,523 | 6% |
| Turkish | 2,479 | 2% |
| Spanish | 2,215 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1964 | 5 |
| 1967 | 5 |
| 1968 | 5 |
| 1971 | 15 |
| 1972 | 12 |
| 1973 | 16 |
| 1974 | 13 |
| 1975 | 30 |
| 1976 | 28 |
| 1977 | 16 |
| 1978 | 15 |
| 1979 | 18 |
| 1980 | 17 |
| 1981 | 16 |
| 1982 | 24 |
| 1983 | 21 |
| 1984 | 18 |
| 1985 | 23 |
| 1986 | 20 |
| 1987 | 22 |
| 1988 | 14 |
| 1989 | 29 |
| 1990 | 32 |
| 1991 | 38 |
| 1992 | 29 |
| 1993 | 33 |
| 1994 | 41 |
| 1995 | 49 |
| 1996 | 48 |
| 1997 | 52 |
| 1998 | 51 |
| 1999 | 45 |
| 2000 | 57 |
| 2001 | 52 |
| 2002 | 46 |
| 2003 | 51 |
| 2004 | 56 |
| 2005 | 47 |
| 2006 | 43 |
| 2007 | 38 |
| 2008 | 45 |
| 2009 | 36 |
| 2010 | 39 |
| 2011 | 41 |
| 2012 | 46 |
| 2013 | 49 |
| 2014 | 51 |
| 2015 | 38 |
| 2016 | 40 |
| 2017 | 46 |
| 2018 | 37 |
| 2019 | 36 |
| 2020 | 40 |
| 2021 | 31 |
| 2022 | 36 |
| 2023 | 35 |
| 2024 | 35 |
| 2025 | 39 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 58 years between 1964–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Al-Walid Ib. 668SAnot in their usual nameUmayyad caliph
- Al-Walid IIb. 706SYnot in their usual name11th Umayyad caliph
- Walid Khalidib. 1925LBnot in their usual namePalestinian historian (1925–2026)
- Walid Muallemb. 1941SYnot in their usual nameSyrian politician, foreign minister (1941-2020)
- Waleed Zuaiterb. 1971USAmerican actor and producer
- Waleed al-Shehrib. 1978SA9/11 hijacker (1978–2001)
- Waleed Abulkhairb. 1979SASaudi Arabian lawyer and human rights activist
- Waleed Al-Husseinib. 1989PSPalestinian essayist and writer
- Walide Khyarb. 1995FRnot in their usual nameFrench judoka
- Walid Cheddirab. 1998MAnot in their usual nameMoroccan 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●
Attested in 49 sources across 27 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3K | #5,569 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 755 | #2,070 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 318 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 308 | #3,478 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 250 | #81,574 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 166 | #10,450 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 153 | #4,038 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 119 | #6,410 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 115 | #144,141 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 79 | #1,720 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 70 | #35,524 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 70 | #35,173 |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 · 200 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Waleed?
- We estimate roughly 22 thousand people bear Waleed (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Waleed have the most bearers?
- Waleed is most frequently recorded in Egypt, where it is most often spelled waleed.
- How common is Waleed compared with other names?
- In Egypt, Waleed is the 80th most common given name of 72,792 given names recorded there.
- Is Waleed a male or female name?
- Waleed 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 Waleed mean?
- Recorded meaning: Arabic/Muslim: 'newborn'
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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, “Waleed” — the 80th most common given name in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.