Khorshid
title: "Khorshid" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["persian-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names", "persian-feminine-given-names", "feminine-given-names", "azerbaijani-unisex-given-names", "egyptian-masculine-given-names", "pakistani-unisex-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/egypt" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorshid" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Khorshīd |
| related names | Hurşit |
| :: |
| name = Khorshīd | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = | meaning = | region = | language = | origin = | alternative spelling = | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = Hurşit | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = | wikt = Khorshīd or Khorshēd ( , meaning the Sun or the "Radiant Sun"), also spelled as Khurshed and Khurshid, is a Persian given name. In the modern day as well as historical Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, but also in Iraqi Kurdistan, Egypt, Central Asia and South Asia, it is mostly a given name for boys. The origin of the word is related to the Avestan divinity Hvare-khshaeta. In Turkish, it is sometimes written as Hurşit.
People
- Khurshid of Tabaristan (734-761), last Dabuyid ruler of Tabaristan
- Khurshid of Dailam (died 865), a Justanid king
- Khurshid Khan (died 1503), fifteenth-century minister of Sylhet
- Khurshid Ahmad (scholar) (1932-2025), Pakistani economist and politician
- Khurshed Alam Khan (1919-2013), Indian Congress Party senior leader
- Khurshed Mahmudov (born 1982), Tajikistani footballer
- Khurshed Nariman (1883-1948), Mayor of Mumbai (1935–1936)
- Khursheed Bano (1914–2001), pioneer film actress and singer of the Indian cinema
- Khurshid Ahmad (disambiguation)
- Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (born 1941), Pakistani politician and diplomat
- Khershed Meherhomji (1911–1982), Indian cricketer
- Khurshid Rizvi (born 1942), Pakistani poet
Surname
- Khurshid Hasan Khurshid (1924–1988), first elected president of Azad Kashmir, Private secretary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Omar Khorshid, (1945–1981), Egyptian instrumental guitarist
- Salman Khurshid (born 1953), Indian Congress Party politician
Places
Other
- Khurshid TV, Afghan television station
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