Arid (transliteration: ʿĀriḍ) is an Arabic name for boys that means “clouds”12. Arid can also mean “that which blocks something”,3 such as a mountain that blocks the way. ... There is one Companion of the Prophet named Arid: Arid al-Jashmi عارض الجشمي
Means "lion" in Persian. A famous bearer of this name was Sher Shah, a 16th-century Mughal ruler.
