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