Shahin
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The shaheen falcon
Used for both men and women, depending on the country· national registers that list names by sex disagree
- United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed under both sexes
- Albania (INSTAT Albania): listed as male
- Norway (SSB): listed under both sexes
- Kosovo (ASK Kosovo): listed as male
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 37 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
Shahin is a given name used for both men and women, depending on the country, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.
- INIndia≈1 in 4.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- ALAlbania1 in 6.1K
- XKKosovo≈1 in 12K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 175 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 754 (inferred from the name graph)
≈310,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Azerbaijan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)The shaheen falcon.
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Shahin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | ≈310,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.7K | 52 | Shahin | 98 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 754 | — | Shahin | 9 |
| AF Afghanistan | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Shahin | 9 |
| US United States | 2,143 | 1 in 155K | 1.7K | Shahin | 175 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 218K | — | Shahin | 15 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | ≈930 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Shahin | 2 |
| AL Albania | 501 | 1 in 6.1K | 501 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Shahin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, royal white falcon; the beam of
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
pertaining to a king.
as a nameMuslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
Falcon,
as a nameDictionary of Islamic Names
In Arabic, a royal white falcon, the beam of scales. See Shahin (m.)
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
In Arabic, a royal white falcon, the beam of scales
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Shahin Fazilb. 1940AZAzerbaijani historian, poet, orientalist and translator
- Niloofarb. 1944IRnot in their usual nameIranian actor and singer
- Shahin Khalillib. 1951AZAzerbaijani literary scholar
- Shahin Charmib. 1953IRIranian painter and multimedia artist
- Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshkib. 1958IRIranian needlework and textile artist, researcher
- Shahinb. 1960BDbadminton player
- Shahin Najafib. 1980IRIranian musician
- Fabeldyretb. 1990not in their usual nameDanish rapper
- Shahin NematzadehIRIranian linguist
- Shahin JafarzadehNOresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-7711-5397
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)71 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 37 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.1K | #7,192 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1K | #7,192 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 501 | #939 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 10 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 2015 | 10 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 2016 | 1 | — |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Shahin mean, and where does it come from?
- The shaheen falcon. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Shahin a male or female name?
- Shahin is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed under both sexes; Albania (INSTAT Albania): listed as male; Norway (SSB): listed under both sexes; Kosovo (ASK Kosovo): listed as male. We don't publish a percentage split.
- In which country does Shahin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 309 thousand people named Shahin in India, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shahin.
- How common is the name Shahin?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,143 people named Shahin in 2020, about 1 in 155 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shahinThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shahin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.