Rashid is the transliteration of two male given names: and (also spelled Rasheed), both meaning 'rightly guided', 'having the true faith'. It also means 'the high one'. Given name Rashid III ibn Ahmad Al Mu'alla, former ruler of Umm al-Quwain, part of the United Arab Emirates Rashid Ali, Danish cricketer Rashid Ali, Singer, Musician and composer Rashied Ali, American avant-garde jazz drummer Raashid Alvi, Indian politician Rachid Arma, Moroccan footballer Rashid Baz, Lebanese convicted murderer Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer Rachid Bouaita (born 1974), French boxer Rashed Al Hooti, Bahraini footballer Rashid Khalidi, Palestinian-American historian Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Bahraini royal Räshid Hakimsan, Finnish Tatar hockey player Rashid Khan (actor), Indian actor Rashid Khan (cricketer), Afghan cricketer Rashid Khan (Pakistani cricketer), Pakistani cricketer Rashid Khan (golfer), Indian golfer Rashid Khan (musician), Indian musician Rashid Khan Gaplanov, Azerbaijani statesman Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco Al-Rashid of Morocco, Sultan of Morocco from 1666 to 1672 Rashid Latif, Pakistani cricket player Rashid Mahazi, Australian footballer Rashid Al Marikhi, Sufi shaikh in Bahrain Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Soviet chess player Rashid Nurgaliyev, Russian military officer Rashid Ramzi, Moroccan athlete Rashid Rana, Pakistani visual artist Rashid Rauf, alleged Al-Qaeda operative Rashid Sarwar, Scottish footballer Rashid Shaheed (born 1998), American football player Rashid Taha, French-Algerian rock-rai musician and activist Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player Rashid Yasemi, Iranian poet Rachid Yazami, French-Moroccan scientist known for his work on lithium batteries Brother Rachid Surname Abdullah Rasheed Adil Rashid, English cricketer Shaun Rashid, English cricketer Ahmad Baba Rachid, Algerian musician Ahmed Rashid, Pakistani author and former revolutionary Amin Abu Rashid, Palestinian Dutch Hamas leader Ashraf Rashid, Pakistani general Harun al-Rashid, Caliph of Baghdad (lived 763-809) Al-Rashid (12th century), Caliph of Baghdad (ruled 1135–1136) Kameelah Janan Rasheed, American writer Kamran Rasheed, Pakistani cricketer Karim Rashid, American industrial designer Khalid Rashid, Pakistani Guantanamo detainee Khalida Rashid Khan, first female judge in the Superior Judiciary of Pakistan Leila Rachid, Paraguayan diplomat Mamunur Rashid, Bangladeshi actor, director, scriptwriter Mohamed Al Rashed, Sudanese footballer Mohammad Rashed, Kuwaiti footballer Mohammad Rashid, Sierra Leonean footballer Muhammad Abdul Rashid, Pakistani hockey player (b. 1941) Muhammad Rashid (field hockey), recent Pakistani hockey player Richard Rashid, American computer science researcher Roger Rasheed, Australian tennis coach and commentator See also Raschid Rashida (disambiguation) Reşid Rachid (disambiguation) Abdul Rashid (name) Arshad (disambiguation) Arabic-language surnames Arabic masculine given names Iranian masculine given names Pakistani masculine given names Surnames of Maldivian origin Maldivian-language surnames