Talk:Shahid (name)

== Difference between Shahid/Shahed and Shaheed. "Shahid, or Shaheed (Arabic: شهيد šahīd, plural: شُهَدَاء šuhadāʾ; female: šahīda), originates from the Quranic Arabic word meaning "witness" and is also used to denote a martyr in Islam" statement is not correct. Shahid/shahed is a different word, pronounced with less emphasis on i/e, means witness in arabic. Shaheed, is a completely different word, with high emphasis on ee, means a martyre. Not witness. Difference pronunciation, differently written in the arabic language, and different mearning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.46.112.8 (talk) 21:14, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Notable people with this name
Someone keeps adding a certain student with this name. I appreciate their enthusiasm to add to a section that needs expanding, but students do not usually meet Wikipedia's requirements for notability. It would be more useful to suggest which of the Shahids who already have their own articles would be particularly helpful to list on the Name page. - Fayenatic (talk) 17:33, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Emphasis on male given name
I've met someone called Shahid. She appears to be femal. She's listed (on my doctors' website) as female. Shahid is placed in the family/surname position (last name. We're talking England here). In the articul on [Shahid (actor)] his partner is also called Shahid, which suggests to it's a family name. Could we say that it is a family name in the articule, as well as saying 'As a male given name it is common among Muslims'; and a male given name on the disambiguas page. I don't want to start editing these pages myself as I don't really know a lot about this name. Dannman (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 09:33, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ – thanks. – Fayenatic  L ondon 14:01, 22 April 2015 (UTC)