Shire (name)
# Shire (name)

Shire (Somali: Shire) is a traditional Somali name.

## Given name

* Shire Haji Farah, the current Minister of Finance of the Puntland region of Somalia.
* Shire Jama Ahmed, was a Somali linguist who is credited with having devised a unique Latin script for transcribing the Somali language.

## Surname

* Abdisamad Ali Shire, former Vice-President of the Puntland region of Somalia.
* Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale, former Minister of Defense of Somalia.
* Hussein Shire, a Somali entrepreneur.
* Mohamoud Ali Shire, the 26th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate, reigning from 1897 to 1960.
* Said Hassan Shire, current Speaker of the Puntland regional parliament.
* Warsan Shire, British-Somali poet.
* Abdi Shire Warsame, former Somali ambassador to Iran and Kenya.
* Ali Shire Warsame, former Somali politician and businessmen.
* Warsame Shire Awale, a prominent Somali poet, playwright and songwriter.
