Khulaydah
خليدة
Say it khu-LAY-dah
From lasting, remaining
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- kh-l-d
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Khulaida, Khulayda, Khulaidah
Meaning & source
A diminutive from khuld, lasting and remaining; Lisān lists Khulaydah among the names the Arabs formed from this root.
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وَقَدْ سمَّت خَالِدًا وخُويلِداً ومَخْلداً وخُلَيداً ويَخْلُد وخَلَّاداً وخَلْدة وخالِدة وخُلَيدة.
Who carried this name
- Khulaydah bint al-Khabbāb al-Ẓafariyyah, who pledged allegiance Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11104 (vol. 8, p. 106)
- Khulaydah bint Qaʿnab al-Ḍabbiyyah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11105 (vol. 8, p. 106)