Shahid (name)

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

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

It is derived form the same^{[clarification needed]} root š-h-d (c.f. Shahadah).^[1]

Shahid is a male Muslim name and Arabic in origin. The name is most common^{[clarification needed]} 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, Shaheed (Arabic: شهيد šahīd, plural: شُهَدَاء šuhadāʾ; female: šaheeda), meaning "martyr". The term Shaheed (Arabic: شَهيد šahīd), "martyr", is used as A martyr who is slain in the cause of God's religion; one who is slain by unbelievers in the field of battle; one who is slain fighting in the cause of God's religion^{[citation needed]}.

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), Pakistani actor active from 1971 to 1998

Surname

Abdulla Shahid Maldivian MP
Imran Shahid, ringleader of gang responsible for the racially motivated murder of Kriss Donald in Scotland
Leila Shahid, Palestinian diplomat
Mohammed Shahid (born 14 April 1960), Indian field hockey player
Munib Shahid, Chairman of Hematology and Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut
Parvez Ahmed Shahid, Pakistani retired banker
Rashid Shaheed (born 1998), American football player
Serene Husseini Shahid; 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.Two time unified world champion and Olympic silver medalist.

Legendary figures

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

References

^ "One who tells, or gives information of, what he has witnessed, or seen or beheld with his eye; one who declares what he know [...] a witness, as meaning one who gives testimony, or evidence; who bears witness; [...]The witness against those to whom he has been sent." Lane, Arabic-English Lexicon (1863) I.1611.