Shahid
Shahid is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- Arabic and Persian countries, United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 645 male / 0 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Shahid
If you do not know Shahid’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shahid,” in English, “Guten Tag Shahid,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Shahid,
German
Guten Tag Shahid,
French
Bonjour Shahid,
Spanish
Estimado/a Shahid:
Chinese
Shahid您好：
Japanese
Shahid様
English
Hi Shahid,
German
Hi Shahid,
French
Salut Shahid,
Spanish
Hola Shahid,
Chinese
Shahid你好：
Japanese
Shahidさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic and Persian countries | uncommon | man's name |
| United States | uncommon | man's name |
United States birth data
645 male · 0 female · 645 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 100% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Shahid a male or female name?
Shahid is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Shahid in an email?
If you do not know Shahid’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shahid,” in English, “Guten Tag Shahid,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Shahid a unisex name?
Shahid is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Shahid a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/shahid. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_shahid,
title = {Is Shahid a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/shahid},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}