Forename Sheik

Globally, Sheik (Sheik , شيخ , Шейх ) is a common boy's first name. The given name Sheik is habitual in Western Asia, particularly United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a common masculine name, Kuwait, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but very infrequently girly name, and Qatar. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Ethiopia, Bangladesh, and Saudi Arabia. Also, Sheik is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Sheik

name Шеик, name Šheik, name شيخ, name الشيخ, name Shëik, name Shëïk, name Sheik, name Шейх, name Шейк, name Shiek

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Sheik	United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Somalia
شيخ	Iran
Шейх	Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan
Шейк	Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan

First names said to be same

Shiek, Shëik, Shëïk, Šheik, Шеик, and الشيخ

First name Sheik in the context

Sheik is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sheik , the The Legend of Zelda video game character, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Sheik Ilderim , the A fictional character from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

Notable namesakes

	kid sheik New Orleans jazz musician, US (b. 1908)
	cedar creek sheik American singer (b. 1910)
	duncan sheik American singer-songwriter and composer, US (b. 1969)
	shaheen sheik Indian singer-songwriter, US (b. 1975)
	shahin sheik researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-3285-2470)