Meaning righteous, rightly advised Gender Male Origin Arabic The name Rashid is boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "righteous, rightly advised". This is a widely used Arabic choice — but Rashad is more popular here. Actress Rashida Jones represents the feminine version. Tags Islamic Modern Common Asia African Fictional Character Add new comment Your name Comment About text formats Plain text No HTML tags allowed. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically. Leave this field blank Fav this