Khalid

Khalid (variants include Khaled and Kalid; Arabic: خالد) is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal", and it also appears as a surname.[1]

Khalid
PronunciationArabic: [ˈχɑːlɪd, ˈxæːled, ˈxaːlɪd, ˈkaːlɪd]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameArabic
Meaning"eternal", "endless" or "im-mortal"
Region of originArabia
Other names
Related namesKhalida (fem.), Halid (Bosnian), Halit (Turkish), Halide (fem.), Xalîd (Kurdish)

Notable people

Politics and military
Film, television, theatre
Music
  • DJ Khaled (born 1975), American DJ, record producer and radio personality
  • Khaled (born 1960), formerly known as Cheb Khaled, Algerian raï musician
  • Khalid (born 1998), American singer and songwriter
Sports
Various
  • Khaled bin Sinan (pre-7th century), historic figure of pre-Islamic Arabia, and a disputed prophet in Islam
  • Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal (born 1978), Saudi entrepreneur and prince of the House of Saud
  • Khalid bin Mahfouz (1949-2009), Saudi Arabian businessman suspected of having links to terrorism
  • Ahmad Khaled Towfeq (1962-2018), Egyptian novelist
  • Khaled Abou Al-Fadl (born 1963), professor at the UCLA School of Law
  • Khaled Abu Toameh (born 1963), Israeli journalist
  • Khalid Adem (born 1975), American convict
  • Khalid Amayreh (born 1957), Palestinian journalist
  • Khâlid-i Baghdâdî, Ottoman mystic founding the Khalidi branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi order
  • Khaled Hosseini (born 1965), Afghan-American physician and author
  • Khalid ibn Yazid, seventh century alchemist
  • Khaled Mardam-Bey, creator of mIRC
  • Khalid Sharrouf (born 1981), Australian Arab hate speaker and terror suspect

Surname

  • Aisha Khalid (born 1972), Pakistani artist
  • Amr Khaled (born 1967), Islamic preacher
  • Hassan Khaled (1921-1989), former leader of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community
  • Leila Khaled (born 1944), former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
  • Nazim Khaled, French singer, songwriter and composer
  • Waleed Khaled (died 2005), journalist killed by American soldiers during the Iraq War

References

  1. Khalid; Behind the Name; accessed February 2016
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