Waleed
Appearance
![]() Calligraphic representation of the name al-Waleed | |
Gender | Male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Arabic |
Meaning | Newborn child |
Region of origin | Arabia |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Al-Waleed, al-Walid, Walid, Walied, Oualid, Velid |
Waleed (Arabic: وليد) or al-Waleed (الولید), also spelled al-Walid, Walid, Oualid, or Velid, is an Arabic-language masculine given name meaning newborn child.[1]
Given name
Waleed
- Waleed Ali, Kuwaiti footballer
- Waleed Aly, Egyptian-origin Australian journalist
- Waleed bin Ibrahim al-Ibrahim, Saudi businessman
- Al-Waleed bin Talal al-Saud, Saudi royal and businessman
- Waleed al-Husseini, Palestinian ex-Muslim activist
- Waleed Al-Saadi, Omani footballer
- Waleed al-Shehri, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11
- Waleed Zuaiter, Palestinian-origin American actor and producer
- Waleed Abdalati, American scientist
- Waleed A. Samkari, Jordanian military officer
- Waleed Majid, Qatari professional pool player
- Waleed Taha, Israeli politician
- Waleed Al-Ahmed, Saudi Arabian footballer
- Wayne Parnell, South African cricket player converted to Islam and changed his name to Waleed
Walid
- Al-Walid Ibn Al-Walid, Companion of the islamic prophet
- Al-Walid ibn uqba Governor and sahab
- Al-Walid I, sixth Umayyad caliph
- Al Walid ben Zidan, tenth sultan of the Saadi Sultanate in Morocco
- Walid Abbas, Emirati footballer
- Walid Atta, Saudi-born Ethiopian footballer
- Walid bin Attash, Yemeni suspected terrorist in American custody at Guantánamo Bay
- Walid Daouk, Lebanese businessman and politician
- Walid Juffali, Saudi businessman
- Walid Harfouch, Lebanese-born Ukrainian television manager
- Walid Hassan, Iraqi comedian
- Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese politician
- Walid Khalidi, Palestinian historian
- Walid Phares, Lebanese-American conservative pundit
- Walid al-Kubaisi, Iraqi-born Norwegian writer
- Walid Muallem, Syrian politician and diplomat
- Walid ibn al-Mughira, Mecca-based Quraysh tribal chief in pre-Islamic Arabia
- Walid Regragui, Moroccan footballer and manager
- Walid Riachy, Lebanese actor and model
- Walid Shoebat, Palestinian-born American ex-Muslim activist
- Walid Toufic, Lebanese singer and actor
- Walid Mattar, Tunisian film director
- Walid Haj Yahia, Israeli politician
- Walid Cheddira, Moroccan footballer
- Walid Azaro, Moroccan footballer
Oualid
- Oualid Mokhtari, Moroccan-born German footballer
- Oualid El Hajjam, Moroccan footballer
- Oualid Ben Amor, Tunisian handball player
Places
- Al-Waleed, an Iraqi town along the Iraq–Syria border
- Bani Walid, a town in Libya
- Valladolid, a city in Spain
- Valladolid, a city in Mexico
Vehicles
- MV Walid (1933), a Lebanese cargo ship from 1979 to 1985 (originally German-built fishing trawler)
- Walid (armoured personnel carrier), an Egyptian APC used in the Arab–Israeli conflict