Forename Shaykh

Globally, Shaykh (Shaykh , Шайх , الشيخ ) is a rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom girly given name. The given name Shaykh is characteristic of Lebanon, where it is a rare masculine name, Qatar, where it is a rare female name, and Kazakhstan, where it is a very rare boy's name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Lebanon, Turkey, and Russia. More frequently, Shaykh is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Shaykh

name Shaykh, name Шаих, name شیخ, name محمد, name شيخ, name Шаых, name Cheikh, name شايخ, name الشيخ, name Шайх, name Фадль, name Шейх, name Al-Shaykh, name Şeyh

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Shaykh	United Arab Emirates, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon
Шайх	Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan
الشيخ	Iran, Turkey

First names said to be same

Al-Shaykh, Cheikh, Şeyh, Фадль, Шаих, Шаых, Шейх, شايخ, شيخ, شیخ, and محمد

Notable namesakes

	shaykh al-mahmudi Sultan of Egypt and Syria (r. 1412–1421) (b. 1369)
	shaykh syed mir mirak andrabi Islamic scholar, IN (b. 1515)
	shaykh ghulām muhammad sirhindi (b. 1690)
	shaykh safiy-allah mujaddidi kabuli naqshbandi (b. 1743)
	shaykh jawhar b. haydar b. ‘ali mystic and Islamic scholar of Shonke, southeast Wollo, Ethiopia (b. 1835)
	shaykh muhammad-'alí Indian Baha's (b. 1860)
	shaykh 'abdullaah swaalih al-farsy (b. 1912)
	shaykh ali khan zand IR
	shaykh hassan cisse Senegalese Sufi leader (1945-2008), SN (b. 1945)
	shaykh 'alī ibn al-dhahab scribe of manuscript MS Or 115, Columbia University
	shaykh 'abbasi Persian painter
	shaykh mahmud zarin-qalam Iranian calligrapher active at the Timurid and Qara Qoyunlu courts
	ahmad ibn shaykh KE
	shaykh ghulam muhammad masoom sirhindi faruqi
	shaykh muhammad ismail sirhindi faruqi