Farshid

Farshid (or Farsheed) is a Persian proper name. It consists from two morphemes, far (splendour, shine) + shîd (sun, sun beams). In this manner we could translate the Old Persian proper name Farshid/Farsheed as 'sunshine' or 'the splendor or the pomp of the sun'. This name is commonly used in Iran.

People with the given name Farshid

 * Farshid Bagheri, Iranian footballer
 * Farshid Delshad, Iranian linguist and writer who lives in Germany
 * Farshid Esmaeili, Iranian football player
 * Farshid Guilak, American engineer and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University
 * Farshid Jamshidian, finance researcher and academic working in the United States and the Netherlands
 * Farshid Karimi, Iranian football goalkeeper
 * Farshid Manafi, Iranian radio presenter and producer
 * Farshid Mesghali, Iranian painter and book illustrator
 * Farshid Moussavi, Professor of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design
 * Farshid Talebi, Iranian football player
 * Farshid fakhri, Iranian artist
 * Farshid Chini, Iranian scientist in the field of nanotechnology at University of Tehran

Fictional characters

 * A character in Shahnameh (brother of Piran)