Rachid

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in French: Arabic origin; from Rashid, meaning 'rightly guided, wise'

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʁaʃid/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Rachid is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Morocco than in any other country, where it is the 4th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 186(inferred from the name graph)
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 574
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 1.9K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Morocco (inferred from the name graph)

≈190,000 people, est.

Sources
329 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 186 (inferred from the name graph)

Morocco, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Arabic origin; from Rashid, meaning 'rightly guided, wise'.

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

How Rachid is read(measured from records)

Rachid is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • French58%

    Arabic origin; from Rashid, meaning 'rightly guided, wise'.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    Origine arabe, « le bien dirigé ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • Arabic20%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Rachid in Arabic.

  • Spanish6.4%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Rachid in Spanish.

  • English5.2%

    A male given name from French [in turn from Arabic], variant of Rashid.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rachid counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rachid is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MA Morocco#4≈190,000 est.≈1 in 186listedRachid129
DZ Algeria#8≈75,000 est.≈1 in 574—Rachid79
FR France#209≈33,000 est.≈1 in 2.1K19KRachid329
ES Spain#60514,5601 in 3.4K15KRachid77
IT Italy#932≈6,600 est.≈1 in 9.4K2Rachid46
BE Belgium#106≈6,200 est.≈1 in 1.9K67Rachid89
TN Tunisia#399≈3,400 est.≈1 in 3.4K—Rachid37

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); the ma-etatcivil-authorized-given-names register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rachid is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name98 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Ràchid, Râchíd, Ràchîd, Rãchid, Ràçhid

  • Portuguese given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, Morocco, United States

    Also written Raçhïd, Řäćhïd, Rachíd, Řăčhîd, Rãchìd

  • Indonesian given name19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco, Spain, Indonesia, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Ràchid, Rãchid, Řächid, Ŕąčhįď, Řâçhįď

  • Swahili given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco, United States, Spain, Togo

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written Ràchid, Rẫchîd, Ŕacĥid

  • Danish given name21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Sweden, Spain, United States

    Languages: Danish, Swedish

    Also written Râchïd, Ŕâćhïd, Rächïd, Râchîd, Răćhîd

  • Polish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, Poland, Morocco, Spain

    Also written Řãćhįď, Račhid, Räçhîd, Rächíd

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, b. 1829Rachid Solh, b. 1926Rachid Sfar, b. 1933Rachid Bouchareb, b. 1953Rachid Deriche, b. 1954Rachid Taha, b. 1958Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, b. 1970Rachid Nekkaz, b. 1972Rachid Badouri, b. 1976Rachid Ghezzal, b. 1992

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBonjour Rachid,Hi Rachid, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 75 sources across 41 countries.

Official registers attesting Rachid
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)202419K#1,238
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—15K#435
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—13K#214
IT ItalyISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)20242#4,470
MA MoroccoListe des prénoms d'usage au Maroc — official authorized given-names list———

Reference works 6

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rachid mean, and where does it come from?
Arabic origin; from Rashid, meaning 'rightly guided, wise'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
How do you pronounce Rachid?
A machine transcription gives /ʁaʃid/ (IPA) for French.
Is Rachid a male or female name?
Rachid is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Rachid?
In the etymology graph, Reşit is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Rachid have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 192 thousand people named Rachid in Morocco, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rachid.
How common is the name Rachid?
In Spain, the national register counted 14,560 people named Rachid, about 1 in 3.4 thousand residents.
How common is Rachid compared with other names?
In Morocco, Rachid is the 4th most common given name of 41,711 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rachid” — the 4th most common given name in Morocco. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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