Rashid Family History
Rashid Name Meaning
Muslim:: from a personal name based on Arabic rashīd ‘wise judicious rightly guided right-minded’. Al-Rashīd ‘the Right-Minded the Guide’ is an epithet of Allah giving rise to the compound name ʿAbd al-Rashīd ʿAbdur-Rashīd ‘servant of the Right-Minded of the Guide’. See also Arshad compare Rasheed and Rashed . from a personal name based on Arabic rāshid ‘rightly-guided’ a cognate of 1 above. Compare Rashed and Rachid .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022