Shire (name)

Shire (Shire) is a traditional Somali name.

Given name

 * Shire Haji Farah, the current Minister of Finance of the Puntland region of Somalia.
 * Shire Jama Ahmed, was a Somali linguist who is credited with having devised a unique Latin script for transcribing the Somali language.

Surname

 * Abdisamad Ali Shire, former Vice-President of the Puntland region of Somalia.
 * Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale, former Minister of Defense of Somalia.
 * Hussein Shire, a Somali entrepreneur.
 * Mohamoud Ali Shire, the 26th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate, reigning from 1897 to 1960.
 * Said Hassan Shire, current Speaker of the Puntland regional parliament.
 * Warsan Shire, British-Somali poet.
 * Abdi Shire Warsame, former Somali ambassador to Iran and Kenya.
 * Ali Shire Warsame, former Somali politician and businessmen.
 * Warsame Shire Awale, a prominent Somali poet, playwright and songwriter.