Zahid
Just 59 men in Poland carry it, and it goes to no newborns now, so meeting one would stick in your memory. The name carries the sense of "devout" or "ascetic".
Zahid Pronunciation
Zahid is pronounced ZAH-kheet (/ˈzaxit/).
What Zahid means
Where Zahid comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zahid reaches Polish records with two labels that pull in different directions. The catalogue marks its origin as Latin. The living association is Arabic, where the name attaches to the sense of devout, ascetic.
In that Arabic reading a zahid is someone who practices restraint and turns from worldly comfort. The word sits close to zuhd, the documented Arabic concept of asceticism, the deliberate letting go of ease. From that practice the short meaning follows plainly: devout, ascetic. The sense is moral before it is decorative.
On a Polish class register the name stands on its own. Zahid arrives with no Polish diminutive beside it. There is no variant, no softened pet form, no cross-gender twin. A teacher reading the roll finds one spelling and one entry. That bareness is part of the name's character, and it matches a meaning built on doing without. When a parent writes it on a form at the urząd, the record keeps two words for it: devout, ascetic.
How many people are named Zahid
1 in 361800 men in Poland is named Zahid. 59 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4840 among male names.
Zahid as a middle name
Zahid is a first name for 59 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 92/8 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 5136th, between Zahi (5) and Zaky (5).
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#5134 Zaher5
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#5135 Zahi5
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#5136 Zahid5
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#5137 Zaky5
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#5138 Zekeriya5