Farshid
# Farshid

Farshid (or Farsheed) is a Persian proper name. It consists from two morphemes, far (splendour, shine) + shîd (sun, sun beams). In this manner we could translate the Old Persian proper name Farshid/Farsheed as 'sunshine' or 'the splendor or the pomp of the sun'. This name is commonly used in Iran.

## People with the given name Farshid

* Farshid Bagheri, Iranian footballer
* Farshid Delshad, Iranian linguist and writer who lives in Germany
* Farshid Esmaeili, Iranian football player
* Farshid Guilak, American engineer and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University
* Farshid Jamshidian, finance researcher and academic working in the United States and the Netherlands
* Farshid Karimi, Iranian football goalkeeper
* Farshid Manafi, Iranian radio presenter and producer
* Farshid Mesghali, Iranian painter and book illustrator
* Farshid Moussavi, Professor of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design
* Farshid Talebi, Iranian football player
* Farshid fakhri, Iranian artist

## Fictional characters

* A character in Shahnameh (brother of Piran)
