Zeeshan (Zişan) or Zeshan (Zeşan) is a

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, derived from words "Zee" ''(possessor of,'' from Arabic ''ذو)'' and "Shan" ''(high status'' or ''splendor,'' from Arabic شأن'')'', sometimes simply translated as "princely" or "Moon". This word is also used in Persian, Urdu and sometimes in Turkish poetry as an adjective. In South Asia, this name is mostly used for males; however, the name is neutral in gender and can also be used for females (mostly in

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) with meanings "Moon", "magnificent" and "brilliant".

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or nickname for Zeeshan is Shaan or "Shani". Jishan is a Bihari and

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cognate for the same word, so written due to the lack of a native 'Z' sound in

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-derived languages.

Notable people with this name

* Zeshan Zaffar (born July 04, 1990), Pakistani Lecturer of International Relations *

Zeeshan Abbasi Zeeshan Abbasi ( ur, ذیشان عباسی) (born July 12, 1982 Ayubia, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) is a Pakistani blind cricketer who plays for the Pakistan blind cricket team in national and international matches. He is the captain of national team. Ab ...

(born 1982), Pakistani blind cricketer *

Zeeshan Ali Zeeshan Ali (born 1 January 1970) is a former Indian Davis Cup player who also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on 12 December 1988, when he became the number 126 of th ...

(born 1970), Indian tennis player *

Zeeshan Ashraf Zeeshan Ashraf Qasmi (born 28 February 1977 in Quetta, Pakistan) is a field hockey full back. He made his international debut for Pakistan in 2001, and competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Career He served as Captain of the Paki ...

(born 1977), Pakistani hockey player *

Zeeshan Khan (cricketer, born 1976) Zeeshan Khan (born 20 October 1976) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who played for Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and ...

, Pakistani cricketer *

Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub Khan is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is frequently cast in supporting roles, and has appeared in more than 25 films in a career which has spanned eight years. He has also worked in a Hindi serial "Kyunk ...

(actor, born 1983), Indian actor *

Zeeshan Khan (cricketer, born 1992) Zeeshan Khan (born 18 October 1992) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Federally Administered Tribal Areas , conventional_long_name = Federally Administered Tribal Areas , nation = Pakistan , subdivisio ...

, Pakistani cricketer *

Zeeshan Maqsood Zeeshan Maqsood (born 24 October 1987) is a Pakistani-born cricketer who plays for the Oman national cricket team and is the captain of the national team. In January 2022, Maqsood was named as the ICC Men's Associate Cricketer of the Year by the ...

(born 1987), Omani cricketer *

Zeeshan Parwez Zeeshan Pervez (Urdu: ذیشان پرویز) is a Pakistani Music Artist. Zeeshan Parwez is a filmmaker / music producer based in Peshawar, Pakistan and he has been responsible for producing tracks for a couple of underground bands and some mainst ...

, Pakistani musician in

Sajid & Zeeshan Sajid & Zeeshan ( pronounced as "Saa-jid and Zeesh-shaan") are a Pakistani electronic music duo from Peshawar, composed of Sajid Ghafoor (guitars and harmonicas) and Zeeshan Parwez (synths, laptops and FX modules). Both members released their d ...

, electronic music duo from Peshawar * Zeshan "Zesh" Rehman (born 1983), British Pakistani footballer *

Zeeshan Anis Siddiqui Zeeshan Siddiqui is a citizen of the United Kingdom, who was apprehended in Pakistan after he fell under suspicion of being associated with terrorism. Prior to his travel to Pakistan Zeeshan worked for London's Underground—its rapid transit sys ...

, UK citizen apprehended in Pakistan

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