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.

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

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 (actor), British-American actor ^[3]
Sajid-Wajid (Wajid Ali), Indian film musician ^[4]

References

^ Catafago, Joseph (PDF: Google Books). An English and Arabic Dictionary. Part the First. Arabic and English.. London: Bernard Quaritch. pp. 525. http://books.google.com/books?id=42oUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA525&vq=wajid&source=gbs_search_r&cad=0_2. Retrieved 2008-03-11. "Finder, s. (Arabic text) wājid."
^ Muhaiyaddeen, M. R. Bawa (PDF: Google Books). Asmāʼul-Husnā: The 99 Beautiful Names of Allah. Philadelphia, PA: The Fellowship Press. pp. 72. ISBN 0914390139. http://books.google.com/books?id=6HP-C04hTdUC. Retrieved 2008-03-09. "The Finder. The All-Perceiving, The Inventor and Maker."
^ Wajid at the Internet Movie Database
^ Wajid Ali at the Internet Movie Database

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