Chalid

Chalid is a male given name that is also used as a surname .

Origin and meaning

The name Chalid comes from Arabic ( Arabic خالد, DMG Ḫālid ) and can be translated as 'infinite' or 'immortal'.

Variants are Chaled, Khalid, Khalidi or Khaled. The Turkish form of the name is Halit or, more rarely, Halid.

Chalid ibn Abd al-Aziz (1912–1982), King of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 1982
Chalid al-'Aid (* 1969), Saudi Arabian show jumper
Chalid al-Falih (* 1960), Saudi Arabian manager and former energy minister
Chalid Bakdasch (1912–1995), Syrian Kurdish politician
Chālid ibn al-Walīd (around 584–642), the “sword of God”, important Arab general
Chalid ibn Yazid (died 704), son of caliph, alchemist
Chalid Abu Silmiyya (1971–2004), leader of the militant Palestinian organization Hamas
Chalid Maschal (* 1956), political leader of the militant Palestinian Hamas
Chalid Sheikh Mohammed (* 1964/65), Pakistani Islamist terrorist
Jabir al-Khalid al-Sabah , Kuwaiti politician
Khalid (* 1998), American singer and songwriter
Khaled al-Masri (* 1963), German citizen of Lebanese descent who became known through his kidnapping by the CIA
Khaled Asaad (1930s – 2015), Syrian archaeologist
Khaled Hanafy , Egyptian Sharia expert
Khaled Hosseini (* 1965), Afghan-American writer and doctor
Khaled Mouelhi (* 1981), Tunisian football player
Khaled Narey (* 1994), German soccer player
Khalid Belaied Abumdas (* 1987), Libyan snooker player
Khalid Boulahrouz (* 1981), Dutch national football player of Moroccan descent
Khalid Boutaïb (* 1987), French-Moroccan football player
Khalid Khannouchi (* 1971), American marathon runner of Moroccan origin

Adeeb Khalid (* 1964), Islamic scholar and university professor
Ali Khalid , Somali soccer player
Amr Khaled (* 1967), Egyptian Islamic television preacher
Asadullah Chalid , Afghan politician
Cheb Khaled (* 1960), Algerian singer, internationally best known representative of Algerian folk and popular music Raï
Idham Chalid (1921-2010), Indonesian cleric and politician
Khairulhin Khalid (* 1991), Singaporean football player
Leila Chaled (* 1944), Palestinian terrorist, politician and PFLP activist
Mahmud Khalid , Ghanaian regional minister
Miraj Khalid (1916–2003), Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan
Mohamed Abdel Khaled (* 1951), Tunisian handball player
Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid (* 1989), Malaysian badminton player
Mona Khaled (* 1994), Egyptian chess player
Mohamad Nor bin Khalid , real name of the Malaysian draftsman Lat
Rauf Khalid (1957–2011), Pakistani screenwriter, film director and actor