Shaheen
Shahin or Shaheen is a male or female given name, and a surname. It is also a Persian adjective meaning "majestic" or "kingly", and is the term in that language for a type of peregrine falcon. "Shah" means "king", and "īn" is a suffix meaning "having the qualities of" or "made of".
Linguists said that the Persian word شاهین "Shaheen" is derived from the older world سئن "SA'EN", meaning a big bird of prey.
The name is also found with variant spellings, which include Chahine, Chahin, Chagin, Shaaheen, Shaahin, Sjahien, Shaheen, Şahin, Shaheen. The name is spelled Chejin and Cejin among families of Lebanese origin in parts of Latin America, such as Lebanese Mexicans, and Shohin among Tajiks of Central Asia, influenced by the Cyrillic Persian spelling Шоҳин.
Notable people with these names include:
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