Shahid (name)

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

It is derived from the root š-h-d (c.f. Shahada).

Shahid is a male Muslim name and Arabic in origin. The name is common 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, Shahid (شهيد, plural شُهَدَاء šuhadā, female šaheeda), meaning 'martyr'.

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