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Rashad
Say it: rah-SHAHD
Meaning
From Arabic rashād 'right guidance, good sense'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1980s
In the United States
- 15,759 babies given this name since 1973
- At its height in 1989, about 1 in 3,000 boys
- 147 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Rashaad
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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