Neshat (name)

Neshat (Persian: نشاط) is a surname which is also used as a feminine given name. It was derived from Arabic and means joyful in Persian. Notable people with the name are as follows:

Surname

 * Ali Neshat (1923–1979), army general in the Imperial Iran
 * Shirin Neshat (born 1957), Iranian visual artist

Given name

 * Neshat Jahandari (born 1989), Iranian pilot