as a Last Name
- 1,077
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Shahid
Meaning & Origins
Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic shahīd ‘martyr’ (see the Qur’an 57:19) It is a title of honor accorded to those who have embraced death in the cause of Islam. The associated word shāfid means ‘witness’. Ash-Shāfid ‘the witness’ is an epithet of the Prophet Muhammad.
| 21,936th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,077
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New York
- has the most people named Shahid per capita
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