Shireen or Shirin is a girl's name of

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

origin meaning "sweet". It is highly prevalent in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and other Persian speaking places.

People

Shireen Abu Akleh Shireen Abu Akleh ( ar, شيرين أبو عاقلة; 1971 – May 11, 2022) was a Palestinian-American journalist who worked as a reporter for the Arabic-language channel Al Jazeera for 25 years, and was one of the most prominent names acro ...

(1971–2022), Palestinian journalist *

Shireen Benjamin Shireen Benjamin (born 8 September 1988 in London, England) was crowned Miss West Africa 2009/10, representing Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It ...

(born 1988), West African beauty queen *

Shereen Bhan Shereen Bhan (born 20 August 1976) is an Indian journalist and news anchor. She is the Managing Editor of CNBC-TV18. Shereen took over as managing editor of CNBC-TV18 from 1 September 2013 after Udayan Mukherjee decided to step aside. Perso ...

(born 1976), Indian journalist and news anchor *

Shireen Chambers Shireen Grace Chambers FICFor (born 21 February 1962) is a British forester and the CEO of Future Woodlands Scotland. Early life and education Chambers studied forestry and soil science at Bangor University and graduated in 1985. She moved t ...

(born 1962), British forester *

Shireen Crutchfield Shireen Elaine Crutchfield is an American actress and singer. best known as the lead singer of the R&B trio The Good Girls from 1989 to the present. Crutchfield is also known for her acting roles as Jace in '' Dark Angel'' and '' Hot Boyz''. ...

(born 1970), American actress *

Shireen Avis Fisher Justice Shireen Avis Fisher is a justice of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone, having been appointed to the role in October 2013 following the ad hoc tribunal's dissolution that year and having previously served as an Appeals Judge on th ...

, a justice of the Special Court for Sierra Leone *

Shireen Hunter Shireen Tahmaaseb Hunter is an independent scholar. Until 2019, she was a Research Professor at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., with which she had been associated since 2005, as Vi ...

(born 1945), Iranian political scientist *

Shireen Mazari Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who served the Federal Minister for Human Rights, from 20 August 2018 to 10 April 2022. She is the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Appointment of Chief Election Commi ...

, Pakistani political scientist *

Shireen Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton Shireen Olive Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton ( Folkard; 22 June 1945 – 24 April 2012) was a Conservative Councillor for the Brompton Ward, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and advocate for women in the Conservative Party of the U ...

(1945–2012), a Conservative Councillor in the UK *

Shireen Sapiro Shireen Sapiro (born 25 January 1991 in Krugersdorp) is a South African Paralympic swimmer, most notable for her performance at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal for the 100 m backstroke. She also claimed a bronze medal at ...

(born 1991), South African Paralympic swimmer *

Shireen Sungkar Shireen Sungkar (born 28 January 1992) is an Indonesian actress and singer of Arabic and Minangkabau descent. She is the daughter of Indonesian actors Fanny Bauty and Mark Sungkar. Career Shireen started out as a semi-finalist on GADIS sampu ...

(born 1992), Indonesian actress

Other uses

* '' Tareq wa Shireen'', a Jordanian animated television series *

Khosrow and Shirin Khosrow and Shirin ( fa, خسرو و شیرین) is the title of a famous tragic romance by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209), who also wrote Layla and Majnun. It tells a highly elaborated fictional version of the story of the love ...

, a Persian tragic romance by Nizami Ganjavi (1141−1209) *

Shireen Baratheon George R. R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' saga features a large cast of characters. The series follows three interwoven plotlines: a dynastic war for control of Westeros by several families; the rising threat of the superhuman Others (A So ...

, a minor character in the ''Game of Thrones'' book and television series {{disambiguation, given name