Khalid
For other uses, see Khalid (disambiguation).
| Khalid | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | Arabic: [ˈχɑːlɪd, ˈxæːled, ˈxaːlɪd] |
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | "eternal" "endless" or "immortal" |
Khalid (also transliterated as Khaled, Halid, or Halit, Arabic: خالد, Ḫālid) is a popular Arabic male given name, and it also appears as a surname.
Given name
- Military leaders
- Khalid ibn al-Walid, famous 8th century military leader
- Politics
- Khalid of Saudi Arabia, former King of Saudi Arabia
- Khaled bin Abdullah, son of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
- Prince Khalid Abdullah, first cousin of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and brother-in-law of the late King Fahd
- Khaled al-Attiyah, an Iraqi politician
- Khalid Bakdash, former leader of the Syrian Communist Party
- Khalid ibn Barmak, member of the Persian Barmakids family
- Khaled al-Harbi, associate of Osama Bin Laden
- Khalid Ibrahim, a Malaysian politician
- Khalid Islambouli, assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat
- Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah, current Foreign Minister of Bahrain
- Khalid bin Mahfouz, Saudi Arabian businessman suspected of having links to terrorism
- Khaled Mashal, a member of Hamas
- Khalid El-Masri, German citizen detained and interrogated by the CIA
- Khalid al-Mihdhar, Saudi hijacker in the September 11 attacks
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, terrorist claimed to be responsible for masterminding the September 11 attacks
- Khaled Mosharraf, a Bangladeshi war hero
- Khalid Abdul Muhammad, Afro-centric pan Africanist extremist
- Khaled Ben Mustapha, a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
- Khaled Qasim, Yemeni citizen detained in Guantanamo Bay
- Khalid Raad, Syrian economist and politician
- Khaled bin Sinan, a historic figure of pre-Islamic Arabia, and a disputed Prophet in Islam
- Film, television, theatre
- Khalid Abdalla, British actor
- Khalid Gonçalves, American actor
- Music
- DJ Khaled, an American DJ
- Khaled (musician), formerly known as Cheb Khaled, an Algerian raï musician
- Sports
- Khaled Badra, a Tunisian football player
- Khalid Boulahrouz, a Dutch football player
- Khaled Fadhel, a Tunisian football player
- Khalid Khan, Hong Kong cricketer
- Khalid Khannouchi, is a Moroccan American marathoner
- Khalid Lachheb, a French pole vaulter
- Khaled Mahmud, a Bangladeshi cricket player
- Khaled Mashud, a Bangladeshi cricket player
- Khaled Mouelhi, a Tunisian football player
- Khalidou Sissokho, a Senegalese footballer
- Khalid Skah, is a Moroccan athlete
- Various
- Khalid al-Qasri, Umayyad governor of Mecca and Iraq
- Khalid Adem, American convict
- Khaled Ahmed, a Pakistani political analyst
- Khalid Amayreh, a Palestinian journalist
- Khaled Abou Al-Fadl, professor at the UCLA School of Law
- Khaled Hosseini, a Afghan-American physician and author
- Khaled Mardam-Bey, creator of mIRC
- Khaled Abu Toameh, Israeli journalist
- Ahmad Khaled Towfeq, an Egyptian novelist
- Khalid ibn Yazid, famous 7th century alchemist
- manager
- Khalid Wiqar, Famous manager at Google's easylife team
Surname
- Amr Khaled, an Islamic preacher
- Hassan Khaled, former leader of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community
- Leila Khaled, former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Jordan
- Waleed Khaled, a journalist killed by American soldiers during the Iraq War
Vehicle
- Khalid tank, a development of the Chieftain tank for Jordan
Video Games
- Khaled Al-Asad, from the popular video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare