Hamid
Meaning of Hamid
Hamid is a masculine given name originating from the Arabic root ḥ-m-d, meaning “praiseworthy,” commonly used across the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, and rendered in Persian as HAH-meed (/ˈhæmid/). Its historical bearers span from the medieval Sufi scholar Hamid al-Din to contemporary figures like Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, lending the name a dignified aura. In the United States, Hamid has maintained a modest yet stable presence in birth rankings since the early 1960s—typically hovering around the 800–900 range and peaking at 727 in 1989—never a runaway bestseller, yet consistent enough to avoid utter anonymity (which some might regard as a discreet triumph). With its succinct form, transparent meaning and subtle international resonance, Hamid presents families with a choice that balances classical roots and contemporary relevance.
Pronunciation
Persian
- Pronunced as HAH-meed (/ˈhæmid/)
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Notable People Named Hamid
| Hamid Karzai is a former Afghan politician who served as president of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014. |
| Hamid Dabashi is an Iranian American scholar and professor of Iranian studies and comparative literature at Columbia University. |
| Hamid Rahmanian is an Iranian-born American artist known for his work in film, illustration, and shadow theater. |
| Hamid Augustine Shirvani is an architecture scholar, former university president and chancellor emeritus. |
| Hamid Rashidi was an Iranian lawyer and writer known for his pioneering work on water, power and wetlands law. |
| Hamid Reza Estili is an Iranian football coach and former player best known for his goal against the United States at the 1998 World Cup. |
| Hamid Ismailov is an Uzbek writer and journalist who fled to the United Kingdom in 1992 and worked for the BBC World Service for 25 years. |
| Hamid Shah - Hamid Ali Mazhar Shah is a Danish cricket all-rounder who made his national team debut in July 2010. |
| Hamid Arasly was a prominent Azerbaijani literary critic, philologist, and academic. |
| Hamid Aboutalebi is a former Iranian diplomat who served as ambassador to Australia, Belgium, Italy, and the European Union. |
| Hamid Jafarkhani is an Iranian-born American electrical engineer and UC Irvine professor known for his research in wireless communications and coding theory. |
| Hamid Javaid was a Pakistan Army general who served as chief of staff to President Pervez Musharraf from 2001 to 2007. |
| Hamid Reza Pahlavi was Reza Shah's youngest child and half-brother of Iran's last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. |
| Hamid Reza Chitgar was an exiled Iranian communist politician living in France who was assassinated in Austria by the Iranian government. |
| Hamid Tibouchi is an Algerian painter and poet born in Tibane in 1951 who began painting at age ten. |
