Boy name Arabic origin Muslim tradition

Hamid

HAH-meed · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
praiseworthy; praiser of God
Language
Arabic
Culture
Arab/Islamic
Religion
Muslim
Style era
timeless
Themes
religious · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#7388
2024 births11
Peak year2021
First appeared1966
Total US births911
2021 peak19661981199520102024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Ham
Alternate spellings
HameedHamedHamit
In other languages
Hamit (Turkish)Hamed (Persian)

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Notable people named Hamid

Hamid Karzai (Afghan president)
Abdul Hamid II