Majid (name)
Majid, Majed is a masculine Arabic given name, which may also appear as the surname Majid.
Origin and spelling
The name Majid or Majid in Arabic means "noble" or "glorious" or "magnificent", and can also mean "honor" or "generosity". In general, Majid in Arabic is something abundant.In English, it can be spelled Majid or Majed. The name Majid is often mistakenly confused with Majeed, which is a different name.
Variant spellings
- In Arabic: ماجد,,
- In English: Majed, Majid, Maajed, Mjid
- In Turkish: Macit, Majid
- In Ottoman Turkish: ماجد
- In Persian: ماجد, مجيد
- In Russian: Маджид or
- In Bashkir: Мәжит
- In Janalif: Məƶit
- In French: Madjid, Majid
- In German: Majid or Madschid
- In Korean: 마지드
- In Japanese: マジッド
- In Mandarin: 马吉德
- In Cantonese: 馬捷
- In Spanish: Majid
- In Hebrew: מג'יד
- In Italian: ''Majid''
People
- Majed Moqed, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77
- Majid Arslan, Lebanese politician
- Majid Al Maskati, one half of Canadian R&B duo Majid Jordan
- Majid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi royal
- Majid Entezami, Iranian composer, conductor
- Majid Majidi, Iranian filmmaker
- Majid Rashid, Emirati footballer
- Majid Rabah, French footballer
- Majid Rezaei, Iranian retired goalkeeper
- Majid Tavakoli, human rights activist and political prisoner