Wajid (name)

Wajid
Pronunciation	WAA-jidh
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	Finder
Region of origin	Muslim world
Other names
Related names	Wajida (feminine)

Wajid is a family name and male given name.

Wajida is a feminine form of Wajid.

It is of Arabic origin (لڑكا) meaning one who perceives or finds.^[1] It is a Muslim theophoric name, from Al-Wajid (الواجد), one of the 99 names of God in the Qur'an, which signifies The Finder, The All-Perceiving, The Inventor and Maker.^[2]

Notable people named Wajid and Wajida

Wajid Ali Shah (1822–1887), Indian ruler
Syed Wajid Ali (1911–2008), Pakistani sports person (ex chairman Pakistan Olympic Association)
S. Wajid Ali (1890–1951), Bengali nationalist
Wajid Khan (born 1946), Canadian politician
Wajid Nashad (1955–2008), Pakistani composer
Wajid Ali, Indian film musician, one half of the duo Sajid–Wajid
Wajida Tabassum (1935-2011), Indian writer
Wajid Shaikh^[3] (Born 20 August) Well known Poet,Writer from Indore india.

References

^ Catafago, Joseph (1858). An English and Arabic Dictionary. Part the First. Arabic and English (PDF: Internet Archive). London: Bernard Quaritch. pp. 525. Retrieved 2008-03-11. Finder, s. (Arabic text) wājid.
^ Muhaiyaddeen, M. R. Bawa (1979). Asmāʼul-Husnā: The 99 Beautiful Names of Allah (PDF: Google Books). Philadelphia, PA: The Fellowship Press. p. 72. ISBN 0-914390-13-9. Retrieved 2008-03-09. The Finder. The All-Perceiving, The Inventor and Maker.
^ "Wajid Shaikh - Google Search". www.google.co.in. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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[1] Catafago, Joseph (1858). An English and Arabic Dictionary. Part the First. Arabic and English (PDF: Internet Archive). London: Bernard Quaritch. pp. 525. Retrieved 2008-03-11. Finder, s. (Arabic text) wājid.

[2] Muhaiyaddeen, M. R. Bawa (1979). Asmāʼul-Husnā: The 99 Beautiful Names of Allah (PDF: Google Books). Philadelphia, PA: The Fellowship Press. p. 72. ISBN 0-914390-13-9. Retrieved 2008-03-09. The Finder. The All-Perceiving, The Inventor and Maker.

[3] "Wajid Shaikh - Google Search". www.google.co.in. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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