رشيد is a masculine given name documented in Arabic. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of Rashid, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “rightly guided, having the true faith”.
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Meaning: “rightly guided, having the true faith”
فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb رَشَدَ (rašada, “to be on the right path, be of age”).
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