Rashidah

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Malay/Malaysian

Meaning

a feminine Malay-Muslim name from the Arabic Rashida meaning the rightly guided one, the one who follows the straight path of Islamic virtue and correct conduct — from the root rashada meaning to follow the right course; the concept of rashad — right guidance — is central in Islamic ethics, and names derived from this root invoke the aspiration that the child will live a life guided by Islamic principles of honesty, piety, and moral uprightness; the Rightly Guided Caliphs — the Rashidun — take their epithet from the same root, linking the name to the ideal period of early Islamic governance; in Malaysia Rashidah is used as both a formal given name and in abbreviated forms such as Ida or Shida in everyday address

Gender

female

Also spelled

Rashida, Roshidah