Shahid (name)

Shahid or Shahed (Arabic: شاهد šāhid) is a given name translating to 'Witness' in Arabic and 'Beloved' in Persian, mostly found in South Asia.

Shahid

Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	Witness in Arabic and Beloved in Persian
Region of origin	South Asia, Middle East
Other names
Alternative spelling	Shahed, Shaheed
Related names	Shahida

It is derived from the root Arabic: ش ه د, romanized: š-h-d ^[a] (cf. Shahada).^[1]

Shahid is a male Muslim name and Arabic in origin. The name is common in Asian countries such as Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

It is not to be confused with a different word, a religious term, written and pronounced differently, Shahid (Arabic: شهيد, romanized: šahīd, plural شُهَدَاء šuhadā, female Arabic: شهيدة, romanized: šaheeda), meaning 'martyr'.

People named Shahid

Given name

• Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (born 1958), politician and former Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Shahid Afridi (born 1980), Pakistani cricketer
• Shahid Ahmed (born 1988), Pakistani footballer
• Shahid Ahmed (cricketer) (born 1975), cricket player
• Shahid Azmi (1977-2010), Indian lawyer and human rights activist
• Shaheed Kader, Indian film director
• Shahid Kapoor (born 1981), Bollywood actor
• Shahid Khan (disambiguation), multiple people
• Shaheed Latif (1913–1967), Indian film producer
• Shahid Parvez Khan (born 1955), Indian sitar player
• Shaied Nazir (born 1980), convicted of the racially motivated murder of Ross Parker
• Shahid Mahmood (1939–2020), Pakistani cricketer

Stage name

• Shahid (actor) (born 1950), Pakistani actor active from 1971 to 1998

Surname

• Abdulla Shahid (born 1962), Maldivian MP
• Imran Shahid, ringleader of gang responsible for the racially motivated murder of Kriss Donald in Scotland
• Leila Shahid (born 1949), Palestinian diplomat
• Mohammed Shahid (1960-2016), Indian field hockey player
• Munib Shahid (1908-1973), Chairman of Hematology and Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut
• Parvez Ahmed Shahid (born 1948), Pakistani retired banker
• Rashid Shaheed (born 1998), American football player
• Serene Husseini Shahid (1920-2008), writer, promoter of Palestinian costumes.
• Zeeshan Shahid, convicted of the racially motivated murder of Kriss Donald in Scotland
• Ash-Shakur Nafi-Shahid Stevenson aka Shakur Stevenson (born 1997), two time unified world champion and Olympic silver medalist.

Legendary figures

• Shahid ibn Jarr (Shehid ibn Jerr), the name for Seth in Yazidism

See also

• Shahidi (surname)
• Shahida (feminine name)
• Shahid (disambiguation), also covers Shaheed
• All pages beginning with Shaheed
• All pages beginning with Shahid

Notes

1. The dictionary definition of شهد#Arabic at Wiktionary