Naveed

English

Etymology

Variant spelling of Navid.

Proper noun

Naveed (plural Naveeds)

1. A transliteration of the Persian male given name نوید (navid, novid).
   • 2025 December 14, “Police raid home of Pakistani Muslim man suspected of Bondi Beach terror attack - report”, in The Jerusalem Post‎:

     One of the terrorists who carried out the shooting attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah party was likely a Muslim man of Pakistani origin, a senior law enforcement official told ABC News. The man's name is Naveed Akram, from Bonnyrigg, and his house had been raided.

2. A surname from Persian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Naveed is the 38214^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 580 individuals. Naveed is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (90.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Naveed”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 653.

Anagrams

• Evadne, advene