Nahid
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About Nahid
An uplifting Arabic name, meaning of "rising, getting up", Nahid connects to aspiration, energy, and spirituality. Not to be confused with the Persian Nahid, a planet name and a feminine name from Iranian mythology, Nahid has ranked in England and Wales and in Azerbaijan.
Nahid for girls
Nahid is modern form of Anahita, itself an Old Persian name borne by a water goddess in Iranian mythology, also associated with healing, fertility, wisdom, and the lotus flower. The name stems from an adjective and an epithet meaning "clean, pure, immaculate, undefiled". Also spelled as Naheed, this form is used as the Persian name for the planet Venus.
The name coincides with the Arabic Nahid (NA-heed), a masculine name meaning "rising".
Pronounced nah-HEED.
As of October 2026, Nahid ranked #10256 for boys in US births in 2002 and #16782 for girls in US births in 2020 SSA, peaked at #8928 for boys in 1997 and #12664 for girls in 2005.