Shams (name)

Shams
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Region of origin	Middle East
Other names
Related names	Shams ul Alam; Shams ud Duha; Shams al-Din; Shams ul Haq; Shamsul Huda; Shamsul Islam; Shamsunnahar; Shamsur Rahman; Shamsuzzaman;

Shams (Persian: شمس, Arabic: شمس) is an Arabic origin word which is used as a unisex given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Female

Shams (singer) (born 1980), a Saudi-Kuwaiti singer
Shams Abbasi (1924–2011), Pakistani scholar
Shams al-Baroudi (born 1945), Egyptian actress
Shams C. Inati, American scholar
Shams Pahlavi (1917–1996), member of the Iranian royal family
Shams un Nisa Memon, Pakistani politician

Male

Shams Badran (1929–2020), Egyptian military officer
Shams Buneri (1946–2023), Pakistani poet
Shams Charania (born 1994), American television presenter
Shams Langeroodi (born 1950), Iranian poet
Shams Mulani (born 1997), Indian cricketer
Shams Sumon, Bangladeshi actor
Shams Tabrizi (1185–1248), Iranian Sufi mystic

Surname

Ajmal Shams (born 1972), Afghan politician and engineer
Ibrahim Shams (1917–2001), Egyptian Olympic weightlifter
Fatemeh Shams (born 1983), Iranian poet and literary scholar
Hossein Shams (born 1961), Iranian futsal coach and football player
Kalimuddin Shams (1939–2013), Indian politician
Ladan Shams, American psychologist
Mohammad Shams (born 1954), Iranian musical artist
Noorena Shams (born 1997), Pakistani sportsperson
Randy J. Shams, American musical artist
Siavash Shams (born 1963), Iranian musical artist
Sumera Shams (born 1991), Pakistani politician
Wahid Shams Kolahi (born 1965), Iranian German engineer

Arabic-based compound names with Shams as an element

Shamsul Alam, meaning Sun of the world
Shams al-Din, meaning Sun of the religion/faith
Shams ul Huda, meaning Sun of the guidance
Shams ul Haq, meaning Sun of Al Haqq
Shamsul Islam, meaning Sun of Islam
Shamsuzzaman, meaning Sun of the era
Shams ud Duha, meaning Sun of the dawn
Shamsunnahar, meaning Sun of the morning
Shamsur Rahman, meaning Sun of the Most Merciful
Shamsi (name), meaning Sunny

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