Wajid (name)

This article is about the name Wajid. For other uses, see Wajid.

WajidPronunciation| WAA-jidh

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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 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

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* 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

## References

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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."

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