Khalid is an Arabic name meaning "eternal" or "immortal", from the root khalada, to last forever. Khalid ibn al-Walid, a general of the early Muslim conquests, made it one of the most honored names in the Islamic world, and the American singer Khalid brought it to the pop charts in the 2010s. In the United States Khalid peaked at number 717 in 2001, dropped out of the top 1000 briefly in 2023 and ranks number 940 in 2025.