Entry № 8546 · Arabic origin

Rashida Rashida — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ rah-SHEE-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Rightly guided, wise"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "rightly guided, wise".

Rashida (راشدة) is the Arabic feminine of Rashid — meaning "rightly guided" or "wise." From the same root as rāshidūn, the "Rightly Guided Caliphs."

Rashida Jones (born 1976) is the American actress and writer (Parks and Recreation); Rashida Tlaib (born 1976) is the Palestinian-American congresswoman.

Rightly guided. Rashida Jones.

The name in its native script.

راشدة
Transliteration
Rāshidah
Pronunciation
/ rəˈʃiː.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rashida stands.

Rashida does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Rashidas before her.

Real people
Rashida Jones
American actress.
born 1976
Rashida Tlaib
American congresswoman.
born 1976
In fiction
Rashida
Common in Arabic fiction.

Names connected to Rashida.

The number behind Rashida.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rashida reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.