Boys' names
Shahid
Witness, martyr
شَهِيد
Shahid
Witness, martyr
Direct Quranicboyarabic
Pronunciation
Shahid
Arabic
شَهِيد
Gender
Boy
Origin
Arabic
Root
sh-h-d
Quranic status
Direct Quranic
Origin & meaning
Used in the Quran for the witnesses of truth. Ash-Shahid is one of the 99 Names of Allah.
Themes
Same root · sh-h-d
Names sharing this root.
“You will be called on the Day of Resurrection by your names and the names of your fathers, so make your names beautiful.” (Sunan Abi Dawud 4948, hasan).