Following right path
Rashida is an Arabic female given name meaning "rightly guided" or "wise." It appears across Muslim communities worldwide and among African Americans, sometimes chosen for its meaning or cultural resonance: Rashida was named after her grandmother.
The name gained wider recognition through actress Rashida Jones.
Arabic feminine name
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Following right path
Rashida is an Arabic female given name meaning "rightly guided" or "wise." It appears across Muslim communities worldwide and among African Americans, sometimes chosen for its meaning or cultural resonance: Rashida was named after her grandmother.
The name gained wider recognition through actress Rashida Jones.
1. name — Aisha, Arabic feminine name; Fatima (Common Arabic female name); Laila (Arabic name meaning night); Zara (Spanish clothing chain); Nadia · Yasmin · Amira · Leila · Farah · Salma · Hana · Iman · Mona · Lina
2. Arabic — righteous, Morally good, justified; wisdom (Good judgment from experience); virtue (Moral goodness or merit); guidance (Advice for decisions); Islamic · heritage · ancestry · tradition · Arabic · Muslim · faith · blessing · lineage · identity
3. celebrity — actress, Female stage performer; producer (One who makes things); writer (Creator of texts); Harvard (Prestigious Cambridge university); filmmaker · Hollywood · screenwriter · director
GUIDANCE/PATHRashida ≠ astray Off the right path; misguided · lost · errant · wayward · straying
WISDOM/DISCERNMENTRashida ≠ foolish Lacking good sense; unwise · imprudent · reckless · senseless
Harun al-Rashid
African Names: Fatima, Aisha, Mohamed, Hassan, Barry; Egyptian peoples: Egyptians, Copts, Nubians, Bedouins, Bedouin; Black Names: Darnell, Deshawn, Ebony, Imani, Jabari; East African peoples: Maasai, Somali, Shambala, Hutu, Tutsi; Nilotic peoples: Maasai
Rashid
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/Rashida