76%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arabic Scripts وليد(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. wa-LEED [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "newborn", derived from Arabic ولد (walada) meaning "to give birth". This was the name of the Umayyad caliph who conquered Spain in the 8th century. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsWaleed(Arabic) Oualid(Arabic (Maghrebi)) PopularityDetails Last ranked #199 in 2013 Belgium Last ranked #953 in 2000 England and Wales Last ranked #445 in 2022 France Last ranked #193 in 2014 Italy Last ranked #494 in 2011 Netherlands Last ranked #224 in 2010 Spain (by decade) People think this name isRate·Details classic formal upper class natural wholesome strong refined strange simple serious nerdy Categories birth, youth