MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rashida mean?
Rashida is the feminine of Arabic Rashid, rightly guided or judicious. Both forms come from the root concerned with sound guidance and mature judgement.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रशीदा
Conventional spelling
Arabic
رشيدة
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
राशिदा
12,652 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rashida in Indian usage
6,127 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (92.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 5,687 records (92.8%).
- Recorded as male: 440 records (7.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 404 |
| 1970s | 911 |
| 1980s | 1,871 |
| 1990s | 2,679 |
| Other decades | 262 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 4,055 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 654 |
| Delhi | 469 |
| Karnataka | 412 |
| Manipur | 222 |
| Goa | 131 |
| Other states | 184 |
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.
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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