| Shahin is Male or Female given name which is the Persian term for hawk or falcon, specifically the peregrine falcon. The name Shahin is a composite of two nouns: "shah" – king and "īn" – a sign of proportion, freedom, or "royal"; thus literally "king of the birds".
The name is also found with variant spellings, which include Chahine, Chahin, Chagin, Shaaheen, Shaahin, Sjahien, Shaheen, Şahin, Shaheen. The name is spelled Chejin and Cejin among families of Lebanese origin in parts of Latin America, such as Lebanese Mexicans, and Shohin among Tajiks of Central Asia due to the Cyrillic Persian spelling (Шоҳин). |
