Hamid 1

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Scripts حميد(Arabic) حمید(Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced Pron. ha-MEED(Arabic) haw-MEHD(Persian)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "praiseworthy" in Arabic, from the root حَمِدَ (hamida) meaning "to praise". In Islamic tradition الحميد (al-Hamid) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Related Names

VariantsAhmad, Ahmed, Hameed(Arabic) Hameed(Urdu)
Feminine FormsHamida, Hamidah(Arabic) Hamide, Hamideh(Persian)
Other Languages & CulturesHamit(Albanian) Ahmad(Avar) Əhməd(Azerbaijani) Ahmad, Ahmed(Bengali) Ahmed(Bosnian) Akhmad(Chechen) Ahmed(Dhivehi) Aamadu(Fula) Ahmadu(Hausa) Ahmad, Akhmad(Indonesian) Akhmad(Ingush) Ehmed(Kurdish) Akmad(Maguindanao) Ahmad(Malay) Ahmad, Ahmed(Pashto) Axmed(Somali) Akmad(Tausug) Ahmed, Ahmet, Hamit(Turkish) Ehmet(Uyghur) Amadou, Amadu(Western African)
Same SpellingHamid 2

Popularity

Categories

99 names of Allah, Beavis and Butt-Head characters, gods, isograms, praise, religion, Two and a Half Men characters
Entry updated November 20, 2020