Rashida - Meaning of Rashida

What does Rashida mean?

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Rashida

[ 3 syll. ras-hi-da, ra-sh-ida ] The baby boy name Rashida is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. It is pronounced as Raa-SHIY-D-ah †. The origin of Rashida is Arabic. Rashida is a variant of the name Rashid (English, Arabic, Indian, Iranian, and Swahili).

See also the related category arabic.

Rashida is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Rashida has in the past century been predominantly given to girls.

Baby names that sound like Rashida include Rajiet, Rashidi, Rikuto, Rodito, Rosito, Ruodi, Rustee, Ra'id, Raashad, Raashid, Rachad, Rachid, Raeshad, Raghead, Ragheed, Ragheid, Raghid, Raghied, Rajat, and Rajeet.

† English pronunciation for Rashida: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"