Farshid (or Farsheed) is a Persian proper name. It consists from two morphemes, ''far'' (splendour, shine) + ''shîd'' (sun, sun beams). In this manner we could translate the Old Persian proper name Farshid/Farsheed as 'sunshine' or 'the splendor or the pomp of the sun'. This name is commonly used in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

People with the given name Farshid

* Farshid Bagheri, Iranian footballer * Farshid Delshad, Iranian linguist and writer who lives in Germany * Farshid Esmaeili, Iranian football player * Farshid Guilak, American engineer and orthopedist *

Farshid Jamshidian Farshid Jamshidian is a finance researcher, academic and practitioner. His experience covers both fixed-income and equity research and trading. Dr. Jamshidian has made important contributions to the theory of derivatives pricing, and has published ...

, finance researcher and academic working in the United States and the Netherlands * Farshid Karimi, Iranian football goalkeeper * Farshid Manafi, Iranian radio presenter and producer *

Farshid Mesghali Farshid Mesghali ( fa, فرشید مثقالی , born July 1943) is an Iranian animator, graphic designer, illustrator, animator, and writer who has lived in the United States since 1986. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen ...

, Iranian painter and book illustrator *

Farshid Moussavi Farshid Moussavi (born in 1965, Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian-born British architect, educator, and author. She is the founder of Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) and a Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate S ...

, Professor of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design *

Farshid Talebi Jamos Parsa with the name of Sports Farshid Talebi ( fa, فرشید طالبی; born 24 August 1981) is an Iranian Singer and retired professional football player. Club career He served most his career in Zob Ahan and played six seasons at the ...

, Iranian football player * Farshid fakhri, Iranian artist

Fictional characters

*A character in ''

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,00 ...

'' (brother of Piran)

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