Nahid
Anahita is an Iranian goddess. She is praised in the Aban Yasht, one of the Zoroastrian hymns contained in the Avesta, under the name Aradvi Sura Anahita. In Middle Persian, her name was rendered Ardwisur Anahid.
- Persian Mythology
- Persian
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Nahid
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Anahita is an Iranian goddess. She is praised in the Aban Yasht, one of the Zoroastrian hymns contained in the Avesta, under the name Aradvi Sura Anahita. In Middle Persian, her name was rendered Ardwisur Anahid.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Persian Mythology
- Persian
- Bengali
The Story of Nahid
As a girl name
Nahid first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1991, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2005: 8 births, good for #11,834 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 35% of all recorded Nahids. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2020 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 23 Nahids have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Nahid as a boy name dates back to 1997, when 6 babies received it. 1997 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Nahid — #8,110 in the national rankings. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 50% of all recorded Nahids. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2002 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 12 Nahids have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Nahid
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Nahid. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Nahid
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- Nodded
- Naha
- Nammad
- Knotted
- Mahood
- Norad
- Knobhead
- Noted
- Knitted
- Needed
- Naked
- Neded
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About the name Nahid
Nahid is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 23 births in the dataset. Nahid's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #11,834. Use the chart and map above to compare Nahid's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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