Forename شیخ

Globally, شیخ (Sheikh , Shaikh , شیخ ) is a widespread principally male, but very infrequently girly given name. The forename شیخ is characteristic of Pakistan, where it is a common male name, Qatar, where it is quite a common principally masculine, but scarcely feminine name, and United Arab Emirates (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Southern Asia, particularly Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. Also, شیخ is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name شیخ

name Shikh, name Şeyh, name Szejk, name হাসান, name Shaykh, name Shaikh, name Shykh, name شیخ, name Sheikh, name Abdul, name Cheikh

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Sheikh	Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, United Arab Emirates
Shaikh	Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates
شیخ	Saudi Arabia, Iraq, United Arab Emirates

First names said to be same

Abdul, Cheikh, Shaykh, Shikh, Shykh, Szejk, Şeyh, and হাসান

First name شیخ in the context

شیخ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sheikh Chilli , the Sufi saint.

Notable namesakes

	شیخ صدوق Buyid shiite scholar, IR (b. 918)
	شیخ ابواسحاق کازرونی Persian mystic, IR (b. 963)
	شیخ طبرسی Persian scholar, IR (b. 1073)
	شیخ جعفر شوشتری sheikh, IR (b. 1230)
	شیخ عزالدین پورحسن اسفراینی Azerbaijani-language poet, IR (b. 1250)
	شیخ عبدالسلام خنجی IR (b. 1262)
	شیخ حسن چوپانی prince, IR (b. 1319)
	شیخ حیدر leader of Safavid order 1460-1488, IR (b. 1459)
	شیخ ابراهیم IR (b. 1401)
	شیخ جنید Safavid sheikh, IR (b. 1429)
	شیخ یعقوب صوفی PK (b. 1502)
	شیخ احمد قمی IR (b. 1542)
	شیخ مزعل Sheikh of Mohammerah, IR (b. 1850)
	شیخ احمد روحی Iranian Bábist writer, IR (b. 1855)
	شیخ عباس قمی Islamic scholar, IR (b. 1875)