MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Junaid mean?
Junaid is a traditional Arabic personal name based on jund, army or troop. Its diminutive formation belongs to a productive Arabic grammatical pattern also used to form personal names.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जुनैद
Conventional spelling
Arabic
جنيد
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Junaid in Indian usage
16,853 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 220 records (1.3%).
- Recorded as male: 16,633 records (98.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 587 |
| 1970s | 1,666 |
| 1980s | 4,997 |
| 1990s | 9,326 |
| Other decades | 277 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 8,451 |
| Kerala | 3,278 |
| Bihar | 2,191 |
| Rajasthan | 538 |
| Uttarakhand | 438 |
| Jharkhand | 430 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 416 |
| Maharashtra | 359 |
| Delhi | 321 |
| Haryana | 298 |
| Other states | 133 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Junaid / M | 22 | 1,276 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Junaid; Table_6, C1293 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Junaid; Table_6, C1293
- Behind the Name: Junayd ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wiktionary: جند ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wiktionary: جنيد ↗ (opens in a new tab)
spelling
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.