Khalid
{{Short description|Male given name from Arabic}}
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{{Infobox given name
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| pronunciation= {{IPA|ar|ˈxæːlɪd, ˈxæːled, ˈχɑːlɪd|lang}}
| gender = Male
| meaning = "eternal", "endless" or "im-mortal"
| region = Arabia (Middle East)
| origin = Arabic
| related names = Khalida (fem.), Halid (Bosnian), Halit (Turkish), Halide (fem.), Xalîd (Kurdish)
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Khalid (variants include Khaled and Kalid; Arabic: خالد) is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal". It also appears as a surname.[http://www.behindthename.com/name/khalid Khalid]; Behind the Name; accessed February 2016
Notable persons
=Politics and military=
- Khalid ibn al-Walid (died 642), Arab military commander in the service of the Rashidun Caliphate
- Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1913–1982), the fourth king of Saudi Arabia
- Khalid bin Mohammed Al Angari (born 1952), Saudi politician
- Khalid Anwer (1938-2025), Pakistani lawyer and jurist
- Khaled al-Attiyah (born 1949), Iraqi politician
- Khalid Bakdash (1912–1995), leader of the Syrian Communist Party
- Khalid ibn Barmak (705–782), first prominent member of the Barmakid family
- Khalid Farooqi, Afghan politician
- Khalid Al Hud Al Gargani (1882–1971), Libyan royal advisor in Saudi Arabia
- Khaled al-Harbi (born 1963), associate of Osama Bin Laden
- Khalid Ibrahim (1946-2022), Malaysian politician
- Khalid Islambouli (1955–1982), assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat
- Khaled Kelkal (1971-1885), affiliated with Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
- Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (born 1960), current Foreign Minister of Bahrain
- Khaled Mashal (born 1956), Palestinian politician, former head of Hamas
- Khalid El-Masri (born 1963), German citizen detained and interrogated by the CIA
- Khalid al-Mihdhar (1975–2001), Saudi hijacker in the September 11 attacks
- Khaled Mosharraf (1937–1975), Bangladeshi war hero
- Khalid Abdul Muhammad (1948–2001), Nation of Islam member and Black Nationalist
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (born 1964), terrorist claimed to be responsible for masterminding the September 11 attacks
- Khaled Qasim (born 1977), Yemeni citizen detained in Guantanamo Bay
- Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi (1931–1972), assassinated ruler of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates
- Khaled Ben Mustapha (born 1972), former detainee at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
- Khalid al-Qasri (died 743), Umayyad governor of Mecca and Iraq
- Khalid Raad, Syrian economist and politician
- Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud (1937–2021), Saudi royal
- Khaled bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1950), Saudi royal
- Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud (born 1951) (born 1951), Saudi royal
=Film, television, theatre=
- Khalid Abdalla (born 1988), British actor
- Khalid Butt (actor) (1946-2024), Pakistani actor
- Khalid Gonçalves (born 1971), American actor
- Khaled El Sayed (born 1948), Lebanese actor and voice actor
=Music=
- DJ Khaled (born 1975), American DJ, record producer and radio personality
- Khaled (musician) (born 1960), Algerian raï musician
- Khaleedthefirst (born 2001), real name Khalid Suleiman Chibuikem, Nigerian singer and songwriter
- Khalid (American singer) (born 1998), American singer and songwriter
- Khalid (Bangladeshi singer) (1963/64-2024), Bangladeshi singer
- Nazim Khaled (born 1986), French singer, songwriter and composer
=Sports=
- Khaled Badra (born 1973), Tunisian football player
- Khalid Boulahrouz (born 1981), Dutch football player
- Khalid Duke (born 2001), American football player
- Khaled Fadhel (born 1976), Tunisian football player
- Khalid Kareem (born 1998), American football player
- Khalid Khan (born 1971), Hong Kong cricketer
- Khalid Khannouchi (born 1971), Moroccan American marathoner
- Khalid Lachheb (born 1975), French pole vaulter
- Khaled Mahmud (born 1971), Bangladeshi cricket player
- Khaled Mashud (born 1976), Bangladeshi cricket player
- Khaled Mouelhi (born 1981), Tunisian football player
- Khalidou Sissokho (born 1978), Senegalese footballer
- Khalid Skah (born 1967), Moroccan athlete
=Other=
- Khalid (1930–1994), Indian novelist in Malayalam-language
- Khaled bin Sinan (520-588), historic figure of pre-Islamic Arabia, and a disputed prophet in Islam
- Khalid bin Mahfouz (1949–2009), Saudi Arabian businessman suspected of having links to terrorism
- Khaled Abou Al-Fadl (born 1963), professor at the UCLA School of Law
- Khaled Abu Toameh (born 1963), Israeli journalist
- Khalid Adem (born 1975), American convict
- Khalid Amayreh (1957–2023), Palestinian journalist
- Khalid Basalamah (born 1975), Indonesian preacher
- Khâlid-i Baghdâdî (1779-1827), Ottoman mystic founding the Khalidi branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi order
- Khaled Hosseini (born 1965), Afghan-American physician and author
- Khalid ibn Yazid (668-704), seventh century alchemist
- Khaled Mardam-Bey, Jordanian-born British programmer, creator of mIRC
- Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud (born 1978), Saudi entrepreneur and royal
- Khalid bin Talal Al Saud (born 1962), Saudi royal and businessman
- Khalid Sharrouf (born 1981), Australian Arab hate speaker and terror suspect
- Khalid, the true name of the character Claude from Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Khalid (Baldur's Gate), one of the companion characters in Baldur's Gate
=Middle name=
- Ahmad Khaled Towfeq (1962–2018), Egyptian novelist
Surname
- Aisha Khalid (born 1972), Pakistani artist
- Amr Khaled (born 1967), Islamic preacher
- DJ Khaled (born 1975), Palestinian-American journalist and writer
- Hassan Khaled (1921–1989), leader of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community
- Leila Khaled (born 1944), member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- Rehman Khalid (born 1993), Pakistani baseball player
- Waleed Khaled (died 2005), journalist killed by American soldiers during the Iraq War
- Ismael Khalid (born 2000), American-Somali influencer and Kick streamer known as Johnny Somali
Notable animals
- Khaled (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse
- Khaled 5, an Arabian horse noted as a major sire in the early 1900s
References
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Category:Arabic-language masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names