Khalid
From Arabic khalada, the root of what does not die: Khalid means eternal. In Poland it stays rare and stays male, carried by around 210 men, so most Poles have never met one.
Khalid Pronunciation
Khalid is pronounced KKHAH-leet (/ˈkxalit/).
What Khalid means
Where Khalid comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Khalid comes from Arabic, where it means eternal or immortal. The root behind it, khalada, points to what does not die, what stays after the rest has fallen away. That older sense gave the name its weight long before it reached Poland.
Its most famous bearer is Khalid ibn al-Walid, a seventh-century commander remembered as the Drawn Sword of God. He won many battles, yet his name lasted longer than any of them, which suits what it means.
In Poland the form stays whole. There are no diminutives, no softened variants, no cross-gender pair. A boy named Khalid on a Polish class register keeps exactly the name his family gave him, spelled the same way on a form at the urząd years later. The meaning holds as steadily: eternal, immortal, wieczny.
How many people are named Khalid
1 in 101167 men in Poland is named Khalid. 211 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2156 among male names.
Khalid's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Khalid is most popular
Khalid is most popular in Podlaskie, 3185% above the national average (4 boys born 2019–2025).
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Khalid as a middle name
Khalid is a first name for 211 men in Poland and a middle name for another 46, an 82/18 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1134th, between Jarogniew (46) and Kiran (46).
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#1132 Janisław46
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#1133 Jarogniew46
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#1134 Khalid46
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#1135 Kiran46
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#1136 Marcelin46