Buraid (Name)

Buraid (transliteration: Burayd, Arabic: بُريد) is an Arabic name for boys which could mean “leopard”, “an animal, especially an ox, that has black and white spots”, “one who is cool/cold”, ¹² The name’s meaning cannot be known with certainty because it could be derived from bard, barad or abrad, all of which have differing meanings.³

There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad named Buraid:

• Buraid al-Aslami بُريد الأسلمي

Below is the name Buraid written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Buraid written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane (d. 1876), برد.
2. Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab (d. 1311 CE), برد.
3. Al-Aṣmaʿī, Ishtiqāq al-Asmāʾ (d. 831 CE), بُرَيْد.