Nahid

/N-AA-HH-IY-D/

Girl MuslimZoroastrian Persian origin OtherPersian

Venus, the radiant planet — Nahid is the modern Persian name of the planet Venus and of Anahita, the Avestan goddess of the waters, fertility, and wisdom whose hymn is among the longest in the Avesta. A bright, refined Persian feminine name.

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Meaning & origin

Nahid is a girl's name of Persian origin, traditionally used in Muslim families. The name means "Venus, the radiant planet — Nahid is the modern Persian name of the planet Venus and of Anahita, the Avestan goddess of the waters, fertility, and wisdom whose hymn is among the longest in the Avesta. A bright, refined Persian feminine name." and belongs to the Beauty cluster — names that carry grace, elegance, and aesthetic wonder.

Beyond its Muslim heritage, Nahid is also used in Zoroastrian traditions, reflecting how this name has traveled across cultures.

Common among Other, Persian families, Nahid carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Nahid

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Nahid resonates in either tradition.

Pythagorean
9
compassion and humanitarian service
Chaldean
7
introspection and spiritual wisdom

How Nahid sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Nahid breaks down into 5 phonemes: /N-AA-HH-IY-D/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

The six signals, applied to Nahid

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Nahid maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.

01 — Birth Star
Nakshatra match
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02 — Numerology
Destiny alignment
Pythagorean and Chaldean life-path calculations (destiny 9) matched against your family's own numerology profile.
03 — Phonetics
Last-name fit
Rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters measured with IPA to see how Nahid flows with your family name.
04 — Meaning
Beauty
Nahid belongs to the Beauty cluster — names that carry grace, elegance, and aesthetic wonder.
05 — Cultural & Tradition
Muslim
As a Muslim name, Nahid carries religious and cultural weight scored against your family's heritage — plus grandparent-name matches, saint's-day alignment, and generational naming patterns scored against your family tree.
06 — Uniqueness
Popularity balance
How common Nahid is today versus historically — finding the sweet spot between familiar and forgotten.

Names similar to Nahid

If Nahid resonates with you, these names live in the same world — drawn from the same tradition, sharing the same meaning, or echoing a similar sound.

From the same tradition

Other Muslim girl names, common in Other families

Fatima
She who abstains, the shining one — Fatima al-Zahra is the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad and the mother of his grandsons Hasan and Husayn. Revered across all branches of Islam as the foremost woman of paradise, her name carries maternal devotion, spiritual purity, and the luminous grace of one called 'the Radiant' by her own father
Maryam
The exalted one, the only woman named in the Quran — Maryam mother of Isa is honoured in an entire surah bearing her name, praised as the woman chosen above all women of all worlds. Her name bridges Islam and Christianity with shared reverence, carrying purity, miraculous grace, and the courage of a mother who bore her child alone beneath a palm tree
Layla
Night, the intoxicating darkness of a desert evening — Layla is the legendary beloved of Majnun in the greatest love story of Arabic literature, the woman whose beauty drove a poet to madness and exile. Her name carries the romance of starlit sand dunes, the mystery of dark hair against moonlight, and the ache of a love too intense for the daylit world
Yasmin
Jasmine, the night-blooming flower whose fragrance intensifies after sunset — Yasmin is the Persian gift to the world's gardens, a vine that climbs walls and releases its sweetest perfume in the darkness

Sharing the same meaning

Other Muslim girl names from the Beauty cluster

Zainab
A fragrant tree, the father's precious jewel — Zainab was the name of the Prophet's eldest daughter and his wife, and later his granddaughter who witnessed the tragedy at Karbala and preserved its memory through her eloquent testimony
Rumaisa
Bouquet of flowers — the name of a companion of the Prophet. A name of natural beauty and fragrance bundled together.
Aisyah
Living, full of life — the Malay rendering of the Arabic Aisha, from the root 'ayasha (to live, to thrive). The distinctive Malay spelling, shaped by Jawi orthography, marks the name as Southeast Asian even as it keeps the meaning of a long and flourishing life that the original Arabic carries.

Names that sound similar

Muslim girl names that open with the same syllables as Nahid

Narges
Narcissus, daffodil — Narges (Persian nargess) names a girl after the narcissus flower, a foundational image in Persian poetry of feminine beauty (the narcissus 'eye'). Made internationally famous by Narges Mohammadi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Naira
Shining, brilliant, radiant — one whose inner light cannot be contained. Brightness that illuminates every room.
Noreen
Full of light, made luminous, a South Asian form built on Arabic-Urdu nur meaning light. The name bathes its bearer in radiance, taking the single word for light and intensifying it, so she is named not merely as bright but as one wholly filled and overflowing with luminance.

Common questions about Nahid

What does the name Nahid mean?

Nahid means "Venus, the radiant planet — Nahid is the modern Persian name of the planet Venus and of Anahita, the Avestan goddess of the waters, fertility, and wisdom whose hymn is among the longest in the Avesta. A bright, refined Persian feminine name.." It is a girl name of Persian origin, traditionally used in Muslim families.

Is Nahid a boy or girl name?

Nahid is most commonly used as a girl name.

What is the origin of the name Nahid?

Nahid is of Persian origin, used in Muslim, Zoroastrian traditions, commonly among Other, Persian families.

What is the numerology of Nahid?

Nahid has a Pythagorean destiny number of 9 — compassion and humanitarian service.

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