Khalid

For other uses, see Khalid (disambiguation).

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.

Khalid

Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈxæːlɪd]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	"eternal", "endless" or "im-mortal"
Region of origin	Arabia (Middle East)
Other names
Related names	Khalida (fem.), Halid (Bosnian), Halit (Turkish), Halide (fem.), Xalîd (Kurdish)

Notable persons

Politics and military

• Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1913–1982), the fourth king of Saudi Arabia
• Khalid bin Mohammed Al Angari (born 1952), Saudi politician
• 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 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), Saudi royal
• Khalid ibn al-Walid (died 642), Muslim military commander in the service of the Rashidun Caliphate

Film, television, theatre

• Khalid Abdalla (born 1988), British 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
• Khalid (singer) (born 1998), American singer and songwriter
• Khalid (Bangladeshi singer) (died 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 (pre-7th century), 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
• Khâlid-i Baghdâdî, Ottoman mystic founding the Khalidi branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi order
• Khaled Hosseini (born 1965), Afghan-American physician and author
• Khalid ibn Yazid, 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

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
• 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