Aaid (Name)

Aaid (transliteration: ʿĀʾiḍ) is an Arabic name for boys that means “something that fills the place of another thing (that one has lost)”¹, “something given to someone (especially by God) that consoles them for a loss”².

There is a famous modern Saudi Islamic scholar and activist who has this name: Aaid al-Qarni (born 1959).

The name Aaid may also be written as Aid, Aaid, Aaidh, Aiz, Aayiz, Aayidh, Aayid, Aayiz.

Below is the name Aaid written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is Aaid written in Arabic ruʿqah script:

1. Asaas al-Balaaghah by al-Zamakhshari (d. 1143 CE), entry for عوض.
2. Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes by Reinhart Dozy (d. 1883 CE), entry for عوض.