Waleed (), also spelt as Walid, Oualid, or Velid, is an Arabic-language masculine

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meaning ''newborn child''.Behind the Name: Walid
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Given name

Waleed

Waleed Ali Waleed Ali ( ar, links=no, وليد علي, born 3 November 1980) is a Kuwaiti footballer who played as midfielder for the Kuwait Premier League club Al Kuwait. He previously played for Iran Pro League club Esteghlal. He formerly played for Khai ...

, Kuwaiti footballer * Waleed Aly, Egyptian-origin Australian journalist * Waleed bin Ibrahim al-Ibrahim, Saudi businessman * Al-Waleed bin Talal al-Saud, Saudi royal and businessman *

Waleed al-Shehri ) , birth_place = 'Asir Province, Saudi Arabia , death_date = , death_place = New York City, New York, U.S. , death_cause = Plane crash , nationality = Saudi Arabian , relatives = Wail al-Shehri ( ...

, Saudi hijacker during the September 11 attacks *

Waleed al-Husseini Waleed Al-Husseini or Walid Husayin ( ar, وليد الحسيني; June 25, 1989) is a Palestinian atheist, secularist essayist, writer, blogger, ex-Muslim and founder of the Council of Ex-Muslims of France. Born and raised in Qalqilya in the We ...

, Palestinian ex-Muslim activist

Walid

Al-Walid I Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ( ar, الوليد بن عبد الملك بن مروان, al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; ), commonly known as al-Walid I ( ar, الوليد الأول), was the sixth Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad ca ...

, sixth Umayyad caliph * Walid Abbas, Emirati footballer *

Walid Atta Walid "Tatta" Atta ( ar, وليد عطا, translit=Walīd 'Aṭā, am, ዋሊድ አታ; born 28 August 1986) is an Ethiopian Association football, footballer who plays as a Centre Back, centre back for Hittarps IK. Career AIK In January 200 ...

, Saudi-born Ethiopian footballer *

Walid bin Attash Walid Muhammad Salih bin Mubarak bin Attash ( ar, وليد محمد صالح بن مبارك بن عتش; born 1978) is a Yemeni prisoner held in extrajudicial detention at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp and is suspected of pla ...

, Yemeni suspected terrorist in American custody at Guantánamo Bay * Walid Belguerfi, Algerian footballer *

Walid Daouk Walid Daouk (Arabic: وليد الداعوق; born 1958) is a Lebanese lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as information minister between June 2011 and February 2014. Early life and education Daouk was born into a Sunni family, the D ...

, Lebanese businessman and politician * Walid Hassan, Iraqi comedian *

Walid al-Jahdali Walid Abd-Rabo Al-Jahdali ( ar, وليد عبدربه الجحدلي, born 1 June 1982) is a former Saudi Arabian footballer who played as a defender. He started his career with Al-Ahli and started in four of their 2005 AFC Champions League ma ...

, Saudi footballer *

Walid Jumblatt Walid Kamal Jumblatt ( ar, وليد جنبلاط; born 7 August 1949) is a Lebanese Druze politician and former militia commander who has been leading the Progressive Socialist Party since 1977. While leading the Lebanese National Resistance Fr ...

, Lebanese politician * Walid Khalidi, Palestinian historian *

Walid al-Kubaisi Walid al-Kubaisi (9 February 1958 – 31 July 2018) was a Norwegian-Iraqi author, journalist, translator, film director and government scholar. He notably criticized Islamism in the documentary film ''Frihet, likhet og Det muslimske brorskap''. He ...

, Iraqi-origin Norwegian writer *

Walid Muallem Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem ( ar, وليد محيي الدين المعلم ''Walīd Muḥīyy ad-Dīn al-Muʿallam''; 13 January 194116 November 2020) was a Syrian diplomat and Ba'ath Party member who served as foreign minister from 2006 to 202 ...

, Syrian politician and diplomat * Walid ibn al-Mughira, Mecca-based Quraysh tribal chief in pre-Islamic Arabia * Walid Regragui (born 1975), Moroccan footballer and manager *

Walid Riachy Walid Riachy (born 26 September 1990) is a Lebanese actor and model, who mostly appears in Mollywood and Hollywood films as well as international commercials. He completed a bachelor's degree program in business management at the American Univer ...

, Lebanese actor and model * Walid Shoebat, Palestinian-origin American ex-Muslim activist * Walid Toufic, Lebanese singer and actor

Oualid

Oualid Mokhtari Oualid Mokhtari (born 29 April 1982) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking u ...

, Moroccan-born German footballer

Places

* Al-Waleed, an Iraqi town along the Iraq–Syria border *

Bani Walid Bani Walid (Anglicized: ; ar, بني وليد, Banī Walīd, Libyan pronunciation: ) is a city in Libya located in the Misrata District. Prior to 2007, it was the capital of Sof-Aljeen District. Bani Walid has an airport. Under the Libyan Ar ...

, a town in Libya *

Valladolid Valladolid () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province o ...

, a city in Spain *

, a city in Mexico

Ships

*, a Lebanese cargo ship from 1979–1985 (originally German-built fishing trawler)

References

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