Shahin Explained
Shahin or Shaheen, is a female or 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:
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|link=no; 1865–1919), Albanian journalist and politician
- Shahin Musayev, (Azerbaijani: Şahin Musayev Xeyrəddin oğlu|link=no; fl. 1992–1995), Azerbaijani politician and general
- Shahin Mustafayev, (Azerbaijani: Şahin Mustafayev Abdulla oğlu|link=no; 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
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
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
Shahin
Other uses
- Shaheen (novel), by Naseem Hijazi
- Shaheen (supercomputer), a Cray supercomputer
- Shaheen (Indian TV series), a 2000 Indian television series
- Shaheen (Pakistani TV series), a 1980 Pakistani television series, based on the novel
- 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
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