Khuwaylid
خويلد
Say it khu-WAY-lid
Little lasting one
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- kh-l-d
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Khuwailid, Khuwaylid
Meaning & source
A diminutive of khālid, lasting; Lisān lists Khuwaylid among the names taken from khulūd, staying on.
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وَقَدْ سمَّت خَالِدًا وخُويلِداً ومَخْلداً وخُلَيداً ويَخْلُد وخَلَّاداً وخَلْدة وخالِدة وخُلَيدة.
Who carried this name
- Abū Shurayḥ Khuwaylid ibn ʿAmr al-Khuzāʿī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 2310 (vol. 2, p. 294)