# Waleed

Waleed (Arabic: وليد) or al-Waleed (الولید), also spelled al-Walid, Walid, Oualid, or Velid, is an Arabic-language masculine given name meaning newborn child.

## Given name
### Waleed

* Waleed Ali (born 1980), Kuwaiti footballer
* Waleed A. Alrodhan (born 1981), Saudi author and researcher
* Waleed Aly (born 1978), Egyptian-origin Australian journalist
* Waleed bin Ibrahim al-Ibrahim (born 1962), Saudi businessman
* Al-Waleed bin Talal al-Saud (born 1955), Saudi royal and businessman
* Waleed al-Husseini (born 1989), Palestinian ex-Muslim activist
* Waleed Al-Saadi (born 1995), Omani footballer
* Waleed al-Shehri (1978-2001), Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11
* Waleed Zuaiter (born 1971), Palestinian-origin American actor and producer
* Waleed Abdalati, American scientist
* Waleed A. Samkari (1942-2019), Jordanian military officer
* Waleed Majid (born 1987), Qatari professional pool player
* Waleed Taha (born 1968), Israeli politician
* Waleed Al-Ahmed (born 1999), Saudi Arabian footballer
* Wayne Parnell (born 1989), South African cricket player converted to Islam and changed his name to Waleed

### Historical

* Al-Walid I (674-715), sixth Umayyad caliph
* Al Walid ben Zidan (died 1636), tenth sultan of the Saadi Sultanate in Morocco

### Politicians

* Walid Iqbal, Pakistani politician, lawyer and grandson of Muhammad Iqbal
* Walid al-Samaani (born 1977), Saudi Arabian jurist and administrator of the Government
* Walid Haj Yahia (1936-2015), Israeli politician
* Walid Muallem (1941-2020), Syrian politician and diplomat
* Walid Jumblatt (born 1949), Lebanese politician

### Business

* Walid Daouk (born 1958), Lebanese businessman and politician
* Walid Juffali (1955-2016), Saudi businessman
* Walid Sadi (born 1979), Algerian businessman
* Walid Mostafa (born 1972), Egyptian media businessman

### Others

* Walid Khalidi (born 1925), Palestinian historian
* Walid Saleh, Islamic scholar
* Walid Phares (born 1957), Lebanese-American conservative pundit
* Walid al-Kubaisi (1958-2018), Iraqi-born Norwegian writer
* Walid Shoebat, Palestinian-born American ex-Muslim activist
* Walid bin Attash (born 1978), Yemeni suspect terrorist in American custody at Guantanamo Bay
* Walid Raad (born 1967), media artist
* Walid Siti (born 1952), Kurdish painter and artist

### Entertainment

* Walid Toufic (born 1954), Lebanese singer and actor
* Walid Harfouch (born 1971), Lebanese-born Ukrainian television manager
* Walid Mattar (born 1980), Tunisian film director
* Walid Riachy (born 1990), Lebanese actor and model
* Walid Hassan (comedian) (1959-2006), Iraqi comedian
* Walid Kowatli, Syrian theater director
* Walid Benmbarek (born 1980), Dutch actor

### Footballers

* Walid Regragui (born 1975), Moroccan footballer and manager
* Walid Azaro (born 1995), Moroccan Footballer
* Walid Abbas (born 1985), Emirati footballer
* Walid Cheddira (born 1998), Moroccan footballer
* Walid Atta (born 1986), Saudi-born, Ethiopian footballer

### Oualid

* Oualid Mokhtari (born 1982), Moroccan-born German footballer
* Oualid El Hajjam (born 1991), Moroccan footballer
* Oualid Ben Amor (born 1976), Tunisian handball player

### Sports

* Walid Ghauri (born 1993), Norwegian cricket player

### Surname

* Khalid Ibn Al-Walid (died 642), Islamic military commander also known as the lion of Allah

## Places

* Al-Waleed, an Iraqi town along the Iraq–Syria border
* Bani Walid, a town in Libya
* Valladolid, a city in Spain
* Valladolid, a city in Mexico

## Vehicles

* MV Walid (1933), a Lebanese cargo ship from 1979 to 1985 (originally German-built fishing trawler)
* Walid (armoured personnel carrier), an Egyptian APC used in the Arab–Israeli conflict