Rashad
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Rashad is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Azerbaijan than in any other country. In English, recorded as A male given name from Arabic, common in African American communities since the mid-1970s.
- AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 478(inferred from the name graph)
- SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 12K
- EGEgypt≈1 in 17K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rashad itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Azerbaijan (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 376 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 478 (inferred from the name graph)
≈21,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Azerbaijan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
to lead a righteous life, right guidance, integrity of conduct
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How Rashad is read(measured from records)
Rashad is one spelling over 3 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.
- English72%
A male given name from Arabic, common in African American communities since the mid-1970s.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Arabic9.0%
to lead a righteous life, right guidance, integrity of conduct
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
right guidance, integrity of conduct. See Rushd 145
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
sensible; right guidance
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
- Spanish5.4%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Rashad in Spanish.
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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)
Rashad 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ Azerbaijan | #266 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 478 | — | Rashad | 75 |
| US United States | — | 12,313 | 1 in 27K | 12K | Rashad | 376 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈6,300 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Rashad | 138 |
| YE Yemen | #365 | ≈4,900 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | — | Rashad | 42 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Rashad | 77 |
| GE Georgia | — | 630as რაშად | 1 in 6.3K | 630 | Rashad | 12 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Rashad is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
$ ‘Good sense’ or ‘good guidance’ (especially in religious matters).
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
righteous
as a nameWhats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rashad Khalifab. 1935USEgyptian-American biochemist (1935-1990)
- Rashad al-Alimib. 1954YEChairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen since 2022
- Rashad Hussainb. 1978USAmerican diplomat
- Rashad Evansb. 1979USAmerican mixed martial artist
- Rəşad Sadıqovb. 1982AZnot in their usual nameassociation football player from Azerbaijan
- Teddy Versetib. 1984USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer, songwriter, and record producer (born 1984)
- Rashad McCantsb. 1984USAmerican basketball player (born 1984)
- Rashad Jenningsb. 1985USAmerican football player
- Isaiah Rashadb. 1991USAmerican rapper from Tennessee
- Rashad Vaughnb. 1996USAmerican basketball player (born 1996)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 61 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 975 | #26,376 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 789 | #29,793 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 541 | #38,464 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Rashad mean?
- In English, A male given name from Arabic, common in African American communities since the mid-1970s.
- Where does the name Rashad come from?
- to lead a righteous life, right guidance, integrity of conduct Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- Is Rashad a male or female name?
- Rashad 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 Rashad?
- In the etymology graph, Reşat and Rəşad are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Rashad have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 21 thousand people named Rashad in Azerbaijan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rashad.
- How common is the name Rashad?
- In the United States, the national register counted 12,313 people named Rashad in 2020, about 1 in 27 thousand residents.
- How common is Rashad compared with other names?
- In Azerbaijan, Rashad is the 266th most common given name of 28,848 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rashadThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Rashad” — the 266th most common given name in Azerbaijan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.