Gender Masculine Usage Arabic Scripts خير الدين(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. /xaj.rud.ˈdiːn/ Meaning & History Means "goodness of religion", from Arabic خير (khayr) meaning "goodness, charity" combined with دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith". This name was borne by a 16th-century Ottoman admiral who came to rule over the region around Algiers.