Shahin is a male or female given name, and a surname. It is also a

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adjective meaning "majestic" or "kingly", and is the term in that language for a type of

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. "''Shah''" means "king", and "''īn''" is a suffix meaning "having the qualities of" or "made of". The name is also found with variant spellings, which include Chahine, Chahin, Chagin, Shaaheen, Shaahin, Sjahien, Shaheen, Şahin, Shaheen. The name is spelled Chejin and Cejin among families of Lebanese origin in parts of Latin America, such as

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, and Shohin among Tajiks of Central Asia, influenced by the Cyrillic Persian spelling . Notable people with these names include:

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Shaheen Afridi Shaheen Shah Afridi (; born 6 April 2000) is a Pakistani cricket, international cricketer and former captain of the national T20I team. A left-arm fast bowler, he made his debut for Pakistan in 2018, and quickly became a leading figure, winning t ...

(born 2000), Pakistani cricketer * Shaheen Ariefdien, South African rapper *

Shaheen Baig Shaheen Baig (born 3 April 1972) (Urdu:شاہین بیگ) is a Pakistani mountaineer. He is the co-founder of Shimshal Mountaineering School and gives technical training in mountain climbing along with Qudrat Ali. Additionally, he is a noteworth ...

, Pakistani mountaineer *

Shaheen Holloway Shaheen Holloway (born October 7, 1976) is an American men's basketball coach and former player who is the coach for the Seton Hall Pirates. He played college basketball at Seton Hall from 1996 to 2000. A point guard, Holloway played professional ...

(born 1976), American college basketball player and coach *

Shaheen Jafargholi Shaheen Jafargholi (; born 23 January 1997) is a Welsh actor and singer. In 2009, he finished in seventh place on the ITV competition series '' Britain's Got Talent''. Since then, he has portrayed the roles of Shakil Kazemi in ''EastEnders'' ...

(born 1997), Welsh singer and actor * Shaheen Khalid Butt, Pakistani politician *

Shaheen Khan (disambiguation) Shaheen Khan may refer to: * Shaheen Khan (Indian actress), Indian actress * Shaheen Khan (Pakistani actress) (born 1960), Pakistani actress * Shaheen Khan (British actress) (born 1960), British actress * Shaheen Khan (cricketer) (born 1987) ...

Shaheen Mistri Shaheen Mistri (born 16 March 1971) is an Indian social activist and educator known as the founder of Akanksha Foundation, and social activist, an Indian non-profit educational initiative in Mumbai and Pune, Occupation in CEO of Teach for Indi ...

(born 1971), Indian social activist and educator *

Shaheen Samad Shaheen Samad (born 27 December 1952) is a Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet singer. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016 by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life Samad was born in Kushtia to Shamsun Nahar Rahima Khatun and Samsul Huda. She spent h ...

(born 1952), Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet singer * Shaheen Sehbai, Pakistani-American journalist * Shaheen Sheik (born 1975), American singer-songwriter

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* Shahin Abdulrahman (born 1992), Emirati footballer * Shahin Afrassiabi (born 1963), Iranian artist * Shahin Akhtar, Bangladesh politician *

Shahin Assayesh Shahin Assayesh (born 1939, in Mashhad) is an Iranian publisher. Assayesh was educated at the University of London, the University of Tehran, and the University of Mashhad. She was a secondary school teacher in Tehran before moving to the Unite ...

(born 1939), Iranian publisher *

Shahin Badar Shahin Badar (born 17 June 1974) is an English singer and songwriter who is best known in Europe and North America for her vocals on the Prodigy's single " Smack My Bitch Up" (1997), which went platinum. Early life Badar was born in Colchester ...

(born 1974), British musician * Shahin Bayani (born 1962), Iranian footballer *

Shahin Charmi Shahin Charmi (, born September 17, 1953) is an Iranian-born German multimedia artist, muralist, and painter. Biography Shahin Charmi was born on September 17, 1953, in Iran. He studied at the Muthesius Academy of Art in Kiel, Germany (from 1980 ...

(born 1953), Iranian-born German artist *

Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki (; born c. 1958), is an Iranian textile art historian, needleworker and textile artist, researcher, curator, educator, and author. Her focus is on the study of Persian traditional costumes and Iran’s tribal costume ...

(born 1958), Iranian textile artist, art historian *

Şahin Giray (prince) Shahin Giray ( 1585-1641) was an exiled member of the ruling house of the Crimean Khanate. Şahin was the son of Khan Saadet II Giray (reigned 1584) and the grandson of Khan Mehmed II Giray (reigned 1577-1584). His eldest brother was Devlet who ...

(c.1585–1641), exiled member of the ruling house of the Crimean Khanate *

Shahin Imranov Shahin Imranov () (born 23 September 1980) is a boxer from Azerbaijan. He is best known for winning two featherweight silver medals at European championships. Career Imranov won a silver medal at the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships. ...

(born 1980), Azerbaijani boxer *

Shahin-i Shirazi Shāhin-i Shirāzi (, born in Shiraz in the Ilkhanate, Iran) was a Persian Jewish poet in the 14th century. Biography The details surrounding his biography are not clear. It is known that he worked during the reign of Ilkhan Abu Sa'id Bahadur Kh ...

(fourteenth century), Judaeo-Persian poet *

Shahin Khaledan Shahin Khaledan (born 7 June 1990) is an Iranian tennis player. Khaledan has a career high ATP singles ranking of 912 achieved on 22 October 2012. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 1114 achieved on 5 December 2011. Khaledan repr ...

(born 1990), Iranian tennis player *

Shahin Kheiri Shahin Kheiri (born April 20, 1980) is an Iranian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadia ...

(born 1980), Iranian footballer *

Shahin Kolonja Shahin bey Kolonja (; 1865–1919) was an Albanian journalist, politician, and member of the Ottoman Parliament during its Second Constitutional Era. Early life Shahin Kolonja, was born Shahin Teki Ypi in 1865 or 1867 in Starje, Kolonjë, at ...

(; 1865–1919), Albanian journalist and politician *

Shahin Musayev Shahin Musayev Kheyreddin oglu () was the deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Chief of Staff, and ''Acting'' Minister within a few weeks in January – February (''unspecified''), 1992. Acting Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan In late Janu ...

(; fl. 1992–1995), Azerbaijani politician and general *

Shahin Mustafayev Shahin Abdullah oghlu Mustafayev (; born 13 June 1965) is an Azerbaijani politician serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan. Early life Mustafayev was born on 13 June 1965 in the village of Jujevan in the Noyemberyan District of th ...

(; born 1965), Azerbaijani politician *

Shahin Najafi Morteza Najafipour Moghadam (; born 1980), better known as Shahin Najafi (), is an Iranian musician, singer, composer, poet, author, and political activist. Najafi's songs mostly deal with issues su ...

(born 1980), Iranian musician *

Shahin Nassirinia Shahin Nassirinia (, born 25 February 1976 in Shiraz) is an Iranian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the Men's 85 kg weight class at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships. He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 20 ...

(born 1976), Iranian weightlifter *

Shahin Novrasli Shahin Novrasli (born February 10, 1977) is an Azerbaijani jazz pianist, and composer. Early years Childhood Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 10 February 1977, Shahin is a descendant of celebrated 19th century Azerbaijani poet Mirza Alesker Novres. ...

(born 1977), Azerbaijani musical artist * Shahin Saghebi (born 1993), Iranian footballer *

Shahin (Shawn) Shadfar Shahin (Shawn) Shadfar (; born 1973 in Tehran - died in 2018 in California) was a Persian-American entrepreneur. He was the founder and president of omNovia Technologies, a software company specialized in web and video conferencing technology, an ...

(1973–2018), Persian-American entrepreneur *

Shahin Shafiei Shahin Shafiei (, born December 30, 1988, in Iran) is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Foolad in the Iran Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League (, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Premier League (, ...

(born 1988), Iranian footballer * Shahin Shahbazi (born 1978), Iranian composer, musician and poet *

Shahin Shahida Shahin & Sepehr (Shahin Shahida and Sepehr Haddad) are an Iranian-American guitarist duo. Sepehr Haddad is also the author of the historical fiction novel, " A Hundred Sweet Promises" by Appleyard & Sons Publishing. Their music is mainly compose ...

, Iranian-American musician * Shahin Shirazi (fourteenth century), Judaeo-Persian writer *

Shahin Sultanov Vice Admiral Shahin Sultanov () was the Commander of the Azerbaijani Navy, Azerbaijani Naval Forces from 1999 to 2014. Early life and career He was born on 8 August 1961 in the Goychay District of the Azerbaijan SSR. Sultanov graduated from the N ...

, Commander of the Azerbaijani Naval Forces *

Shahin Suroor Shahin Suroor (Arabic:شاهين سرور) (born 21 June 1996) is an Emirati footballer. He currently plays for Al Urooba as an attacking midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in ...

(born 1996), Emirati footballer * Shahin Taherkhani (born 1997), Iranian footballer *

Shahin Vahmanzadegan Shahen or Shahin (Middle Persian: ''Shāhēn Vahūmanzādagān'', in Greek sources: ; died ) was a senior Sasanian general ('' spahbed'') during the reign of Khosrow II (590–628). He was a member of the House of Spandiyadh. Biography Shahin ...

(died c. 626), Sasanian general

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* Aram Shahin Davud Bakoyan (born 1954), Iraqi politician *

Kazi Shahin Ara Kazi Shahin Ara () is a Bangladeshi national women's kabaddi player who was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games and 2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games (), officially known as the 17th Asian Games () and ...

, Bangladeshi national women's kabaddi player * Khalifa Shaheen Al Merri, Emirati diplomat

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Shaheen

* Abdel Hamid Shaheen (1943–2014), Egyptian footballer * Adam Shaheen (American football) (born 1994), American football player *

Adam Shaheen (producer) Adam Shaheen (born 13 October 1964) is a British-Canadian artist, animator, television producer and screenwriter. He is the founder and owner of Cuppa Coffee Studios where he developed and produced original programming. He was the executive pr ...

(born 1964), British-Canadian artist, television producer and screenwriter *

Alfred Shaheen Alfred Shaheen (January 31, 1922 – December 22, 2008) was a textile industrialist who is credited with popularizing the aloha shirt.

(1922–2008), American textile industrialist * Bob Shaheen (born 1933), American businessman *

Elias Shaheen Elias Shaheen or Elias Chahine (in Arabic الياس شاهين) (20 July 1914 in Ebrine, Lebanon – 5 December 1991) was the first bishop of the Maronite Church in Canada and in 1985 was appointed Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sa ...

or Elias Chahine (1914–1991), first bishop of the Maronite Church in Canada *

Fadi Shaheen Fadi Shaheen (born 21 June 1979) is a Jordanian football player of Palestinian origin, who plays as a right back for That Ras That Ras is a football club based in Al Karak which competes in the Jordan League. Stadium That Ras plays their hom ...

(born 1979), Jordanian footballer *

Faiza Shaheen Faiza Shaheen (born 1982) is a British academic and economist in the field of economic inequality. In 2018, she was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Labour in Chingford and Woodford Green, coming second in the 2019 ...

(born 1983), British economist and activist * George Shaheen (born 1944), American businessman * Hina Shaheen (born 1971), Pakistani actress *

Ibrahim Shaheen Ibrahim Shaheen (; 1929-1974) and Inshirah Moussa (; 1937 – 24 November 2021) were an Egyptian married couple who worked for the Israeli intelligence service Mossad from June 1967 until their arrest in 1974. The couple provided Israel with the i ...

, Palestinian man who worked for the Israeli intelligence service Mossad *

Jeanne Shaheen Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen ( ; née Bowers, born January 28, 1947) is an American politician and former educator serving since 2009 as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from New Hampshire. A ...

(born 1947), American politician *

Jack Shaheen Jack George Shaheen Jr. (; September 21, 1935 – July 9, 2017) was an American writer and lecturer specializing in addressing racial and ethnic stereotypes. He authored ''Reel Bad Arabs'' (adapted to a 2006 documentary), ''The TV Arab'' (1984) ...

(1935–2017), American media scholar *

John Shaheen John M. Shaheen (1915 in Lee County, Illinois – 1 November 1985 in New York) was an American financier and businessman. He had been involved in oil and life insurance. Career Prior to World War II, Shaheen worked in publicity in Chicago. During ...

(1915–1985), American financier, and businessman *

Matt Shaheen Matthew Frank Shaheen (born June 8, 1965) is an American politician serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 66th district. Elected in the November 2014, he assumed office in January 2015. Early life and education Sh ...

(born 1965), American politician *

Michael Shaheen Michael Edmund Shaheen Jr. (August 5, 1940 – November 29, 2007) was an American government official and lawyer who served as the first director of the United States Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) from 1975 ...

(1940–2007), American government official and attorney *

Mohammad Shaheen Mohammad Youssef Shaheen (; 1938 – 30 June 2025) was a Jordanian scholar, literary critic, translator and professor of English literature. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of literary studies in Jordan. Shaheen taught English literature ...

, Jordanian professor of English literature *

Muhammad Parvesh Shaheen Muhammad Parvesh Shaheen (also spelled Mohammad Perwesh Shaheen; , born 12 October 1944) is a Pakistani historian and author from Manglawar, Swat District, Swat. Shaheen is the author of more than 45 books in Pashto, Urdu and English language, En ...

(born 1944), Pakistani historian and author * Musarrat Shaheen, Pakistani actress and politician * Najma Shaheen (born 1962), Pakistani politician *

Naseeb Shaheen Naseeb Azeez Shaheen ( June 21, 1931 - September 26, 2009) was an American scholar who specialized in Biblical allusions in the work of Shakespeare. Born in Chicago, he graduated in 1962 from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon with a Bach ...

(1931–2009), American scholar *

Natali Shaheen Natali Nabeel Shaheen (; born 2 July 1994) is a Palestinian former professional footballer who used to play as midfielder for the Palestine national team. Club career Shaheen played for Sareyyet Ramallah Football team, as well as a basketball pl ...

, Palestinian footballer *

Qasim Riza Shaheen Qasim Riza Shaheen (born 1971) is a British artist and writer based in Manchester. Working across participatory performance, installation, film and photography, Shaheen's practice explores memory, notions of beauty, sexuality, love and, more bro ...

(born 1971), British artist and writer * Robert Joseph Shaheen (1937–2017), American Maronite bishop *

Saif Saaeed Shaheen Saif Saaeed Shaheen (), formerly Stephen Cherono (born 15 October 1982), is a retired steeplechase runner. He was born in Keiyo, Kenya but now he represents Qatar. He was, for 19 years, the world record holder for 3000 metre steeplechase. He ...

(born 1982), formerly Stephen Cherono, Kenyan-born Emirati long-distance runner * Sarah Shaheen (born 1983), Egyptian beauty pageant and model * Shaher Shaheen (born 1990), Syrian footballer *

Simon Shaheen Simon Shaheen (; born in Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Israel) is an American oud and violin player, and composer. At the age of 2, Shaheen moved with his family to Haifa, but spent most of the weekends in Tarshiha, an Arab village in Upper Galilee. The ...

(born 1955), Palestinian-American composer and musician *

Suhail Shaheen Muhammad Suhail Shaheen (Pashto/Dari: , , ) is a Taliban member who is currently the head of the Afghan embassy in Qatar and the head of the Political Office in Doha. He edited the English-language, state-owned Afghan newspaper '' The Kabul Time ...

, Taliban negotiator and spokesman * Yasser Shaheen (born 1989), Syrian footballer

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* Elham Shahin (born 1961), Egyptian actress *

Emad Shahin Emad Shahin ( Also Emad El-Din Shahin, ; born August 24, 1957) is an Egyptian professor of political science. He is currently a visiting professor at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is editor-in-chief of The Oxford Ency ...

(born 1957), Egyptian professor of political science *

Hady Shahin Hady Shahin (born 2 September 1986) is an Egyptian handball player for Heliopolis SC and the Egyptian national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th ev ...

(born 1986), Egyptian handball player *

Iraj Shahin-Baher Iraj Shahin-Baher () is an Iranian politician and the fifty-sixth mayor of Tabriz. He was elected by the Islamic City Council of Tabriz The Islamic City Council of Tabriz () is the elected City council, council that presides over the city of Tab ...

(born 1972), Iranian politician, and mayor of Tabriz * Jammal Shahin (born 1988), English footballer * Khalil Mohamed Shahin (born 1942), Egyptian footballer * Mamdouh Shahin, Egyptian Major General, politician, and Assistant Defense Minister *

Mohamed Issa Shahin Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

(born 1963), Jordanian sports shooter *

Nadine Shahin Nadine Shahin, also known as Nadine Ayman Shahin and Nadine Ayman Mohamed Shahin (born 14 June 1997 in Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million ...

(born 1997), Egyptian squash player * Omar Shahin, Jordanian-American activist *

Saleh Shahin Saleh Shahin (, ; born 28 October 1982) is an Israeli Paralympic medalist Rowing (sport), rower.alternate link

(born 1982), Israeli Paralympic medalist rower *

Tanyus Shahin Tanyus Shahin Saadeh al-Rayfouni (also spelled ''Tanios Chahine Saadé Al Rayfouné'', given name also spelled ''Taniyus'' or ''Tanius''; 1815–1895) was a Maronites, Maronite muleteer and peasant leader from Mount Lebanon. He led a peasants' re ...

(1815–1895), Maronite muleteer and peasant leader from Mount Lebanon *

Tarek Shahin Tarek Shahin (born 1982) is an Egyptian cartoonist and author. He is best known as the author and illustrator of the comic strip 'Al Khan', which first appeared on the pages of The Daily News Egypt newspaper in 2008, and continues to run independ ...

(born 1982), Egyptian cartoonist

Chahine

Abdallah Chahine Abdallah Chahine (; 1894 – 9 January 1975) was a Lebanese pianist and tuner-technician who devised an " Oriental piano" capable of playing quarter tones. Life Born in 1894, Chahine developed an interest for music from a young age. At the age of ...

(1894–1975), Lebanese pianist and tuner-technician * Edgar Chahine (1874–1947), French painter, engraver and illustrator of Armenian descent * Khalil Chahine, German-Lebanese musical artist *

Nadine Chahine Nadine Chahine (in Arabic: نادين شاهين) is a Lebanese type designer working as the CEO at I Love Typography Ltd and the Director at ArabicType Ltd. From 2005 till 2015 she worked as the Arabic Specialist at Linotype and Monotype Imagi ...

, Lebanese type designer * Yehia Chahine (1917–1994), Egyptian actor *

Youssef Chahine Youssef Chahine ( ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptian film director. He was active in the Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twelve films included in a list of Top 100 Egyptian films published by ...

(1926–2008), Egyptian film director * Hassan Chahine, Moroccan hammer thrower * Darine Chahine (born 1981), Lebanese talk show host

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