Shahin

Shahin or Shaheen, is a male given name which is the Persian term for hawk or falcon, although in specific, the peregrine falcon. The name Shaheen/Shahin is a composite of two nouns, "shah" - king and "īn" - which is a sign of proportion, freedom, or "royal", literally "king of the birds"

The name is used in Persian, Urdu, Kurdish and Turkish-speaking countries.

It may refer to:

• Shaheen Afridi (born 2000), Pakistani cricketer
• Shaheen Ariefdien, South African rapper
• Samina Baig (born 1972), Pakistani mountaineer
• Shaheen Holloway (born 1976), American college basketball player and coach
• Shaheen Khalid Butt, Pakistani politician
• Shaheen Mistri (born 1971), Indian social activist and educator
• Shaheen Samad (born 1952), Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet singer
• Shaheen Sehbai, Pakistani-American journalist
• Shaheen Sheik (born 1975), American singer-songwriter
• Shaheen Jafargholi (born 1997), Welsh singer and actor

Shahin

• Shahin Abdulrahman (born 1992), Emirati footballer
• Shahin Afrassiabi (born 1963), Iranian artist
• Shahin Akhtar, Bangladesh politician
• Shahin Aliaj (born 1996), Albanian footballer
• Shahin Assayesh (born 1939), Iranian publisher
• Shahin Badar (born 1974), British musician
• Shahin Bayani (born 1962), Iranian footballer
• Shahin Charmi (born 1953), Iranian-born German artist
• Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki (born 1958), Iranian textile artist, art historian
• Şahin Giray (prince) (c.1585–1641), exiled member of the ruling house of the Crimean Khanate
• Shahin Imranov (born 1980), Azerbaijani boxer
• Shahin-i Shirazi (fourteenth century), Judaeo-Persian poet
• Shahin Khaledan (born 1990), Iranian tennis player
• Shahin Kheiri (born 1980), Iranian footballer
• Shahin Kolonja, (Turkmen: Şahin Teki Kolonya; 1865–1919), Albanian journalist and politician
• Shahin Musayev, (Azerbaijani: Şahin Musayev Xeyrəddin oğlu; fl. 1992–1995), Azerbaijani politician and general
• Shahin Mustafayev, (Azerbaijani: Şahin Mustafayev Abdulla oğlu; born 1965), Azerbaijani politician
• Shahin Najafi (born 1980), Iranian musician
• Shahin Nassirinia (born 1976), Iranian weightlifter
• Shahin Novrasli (born 1977), Azerbaijani musical artist
• Shahin Saghebi (born 1993), Iranian footballer
• Shahin (Shawn) Shadfar (1973–2018), Persian-American entrepreneur
• Shahin Shafiei (born 1988), Iranian footballer
• Shahin Shahbazi (born 1978), Iranian composer, musician and poet
• Shahin Shahida, Iranian-American musician
• Shahin Shirazi (fourteenth century), Judaeo-Persian writer
• Shahin Sultanov, Commander of the Azerbaijani Naval Forces
• Shahin Suroor (born 1996), Emirati footballer
• Shahin Taherkhani (born 1997), Iranian footballer
• Shahin Vahmanzadegan (died c. 626), Sasanian general

Middle name

• Aram Shahin Davud Bakoyan (born 1954), Iraqi politician
• Kazi Shahin Ara, Bangladeshi national women's kabaddi player
• Khalifa Shaheen Al Merri, Emirati diplomat

Surname

Shaheen

• Abdel Hamid Shaheen (1943–2014), Egyptian footballer
• Adam Shaheen (American football) (born 1994), American football player
• Adam Shaheen (producer) (born 1964), British-Canadian artist, television producer and screenwriter
• Alfred Shaheen (1922–2008), American textile industrialist
• Bob Shaheen (born 1933), American businessman
• Elias Shaheen or Elias Chahine (1914–1991), first bishop of the Maronite Church in Canada
• Fadi Shaheen (born 1979), Jordanian footballer
• Faiza Shaheen (born 1983), British economist and activist
• George Shaheen (born 1944), American businessman
• Hina Shaheen (born 1971), Pakistani actress
• Ibrahim Shaheen, Palestinian man who worked for the Israeli intelligence service Mossad
• Jeanne Shaheen (born 1947), American politician
• Jack Shaheen (1935–2017), American media scholar
• John Shaheen (1915–1985), American financier, and businessman
• Matt Shaheen (born 1965), American politician
• Michael Shaheen (1940–2007), American government official and attorney
• Mohammad Shaheen, Jordanian professor of English literature
• Muhammad Parvesh Shaheen (born 1944), Pakistani historian and author
• Musarrat Shaheen, Pakistani actress and politician
• Najma Shaheen (born 1962), Pakistani politician
• Naseeb Shaheen (1931–2009), American scholar
• Natali Shaheen, Palestinian footballer
• Qasim Riza Shaheen (born 1971), British artist and writer
• Robert Joseph Shaheen (1937–2017), American Maronite bishop
• Saif Saaeed Shaheen (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 (born 1955), Palestinian-American composer and musician
• Suhail Shaheen, Taliban negotiator and spokesman
• Yasser Shaheen (born 1989), Syrian footballer

Shahin

• Elham Shahin (born 1961), Egyptian actress
• Emad Shahin (born 1957), Egyptian professor of political science
• Hady Shahin (born 1986), Egyptian handball player
• Iraj Shahin-Baher (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 (born 1963), Jordanian sports shooter
• Nadine Shahin (born 1997), Egyptian squash player
• Omar Shahin, Jordanian activist
• Tanyus Shahin (1815–1895), Maronite muleteer and peasant leader from Mount Lebanon
• Tarek Shahin (born 1982), Egyptian cartoonist

Chahine

• Abdallah Chahine (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, Lebanese type designer
• Yehia Chahine (1917–1994), Egyptian actor
• Youssef Chahine (1926–2008), Egyptian film director
• Robert Chahine (born 1942), American-Lebanese cardiologist and researcher
• Hassan Chahine, Moroccan hammer thrower
• Emile Chahine (born 1943), Lebanese film critic
• Darine Chahine (born 1981), Lebanese talk show host

Military

• Black Shaheen, a variant of the Storm Shadow/SCALP EG air-launched cruise missile
• Shaheen, the military symbol of Pakistan Air Force
• Shaheen-I, a short range ballistic missile developed by Pakistan
• Shaheen-II, a medium/intermediate range ballistic missile developed by Pakistan
• Shaheen-III, a medium/intermediate range ballistic missile developed by Pakistan
• Shahin (rocket), an Iranian artillery rocket
• Mersad or Shahin, a supersonic Iranian ground-to-air guided missile

Places

Shaheen

• Shaheen Bagh, a neighborhood in Delhi

Shahin

• Shahin, Iran, a village in Iran
• Shahin-e Olya, a village in Iran
• Shahin Shahr, a planned satellite city in Iran

Other uses

• Shaheen (novel), by Naseem Hijazi
• Shaheen (supercomputer), a Cray supercomputer
• Shaheen Air, a defunct Pakistani airline
• Shaheen Foundation, a Pakistani company
• Cyclones Gulab and Shaheen, cyclone originated in Arabian Sea
• Shaheen Falcon, a non-migratory subspecies of the Peregrine Falcon
• Shahin F.C., an Iranian football club
• 4103 Chahine, a main-belt asteroid
• Al Shaheen Oil Field, a production oil and gas field off the north east coast of Qatar

See also

• Şahin (disambiguation), the usual Turkish spelling