Shahin or Shaheen, is a female or male given name which is the Persian term for hawk or falcon, although in specific, the peregrine falcon. The name Shaheen/Shahin is a composite of two nouns, "shah" - king and "īn" - which is a sign of proportion, freedom, or "royal", literally "king of the birds"
The name is used in Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Kurdish, Turkish, and Arabic speaking countries.
It may refer to:
- Shaheen Afridi (born 2000), Pakistani cricketer
- Shaheen Ariefdien, South African rapper
- Shaheen Baig, Pakistani mountaineer
- Shaheen Holloway (born 1976), American college basketball player and coach
- Shaheen Jafargholi (born 1997), Welsh singer and actor
- Shaheen Khalid Butt, Pakistani politician
- Shaheen Khan (disambiguation)
- Shaheen Mistri (born 1971), Indian social activist and educator
- Shaheen Samad (born 1952), Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet singer
- Shaheen Sehbai, Pakistani-American journalist
- Shaheen Sheik (born 1975), American singer-songwriter