# Rashad

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,123

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Arabic, common in African American communities since the mid-1970s.
2. A male surname from Arabic.

## Etymology
From Arabic.

## Easily confused with
- **rushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rashad-vs-rushed)
- **Rashid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rashad-vs-rashid)
- **Roshan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rashad-vs-roshan)
- **rash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rash-vs-rashad)
- **rasa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rasa-vs-rashad)
- **Radha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/radha-vs-rashad)
- **rascal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rascal-vs-rashad)

## Common misspellings (9)
`arshad`, `rahsad`, `rasahd`, `rashadd`, `rashda`, `rashhad`, `rasshad`, `rrashad`, `rsahad`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rashad