{{Infobox given name | name = Farshid | gender = male | wikt= | pronunciation= | meaning = ''Splendour''<br>''Sunshine''<br>''Bright as the sun'' | region = Iran | language = Persian | languageorigin = Old Persian | related names = Farshad, Farhad, | footnotes = }} '''Farshid''' (or '''Farsheed''') is a Persian proper name. It consists from two morphemes, ''far'' (splendour, shine) + ''shîd'' (sun, sun beams). In this manner we could translate the Old Persian proper name Farshid/Farsheed as "sunshine" or "the splendor or the pomp of the sun".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/farshidfarhat/boy-names |title=Persian Boy Names|publisher= Farshid Farhat |date= April 4, 2019}}</ref> This name is commonly used in Iran.
==People with the given name Farshid== * Farshid Faramandi, Iranian freelancer * Farshid Bagheri, Iranian footballer * Farshid Delshad, Iranian linguist and writer who lives in Germany * Farshid Esmaeili, Iranian football player * Farshid Guilak, American engineer and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University * Farshid Jamshidian, finance researcher and academic working in the United States and the Netherlands * Farshid Karimi, Iranian football goalkeeper * Farshid Manafi, Iranian radio presenter and producer * Farshid Mesghali, Iranian painter and book illustrator * Farshid Moussavi, Professor of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design * Farshid Talebi, Iranian football player * Farshid Fakhri, Iranian artist * Farshid Chini, Iranian scientist in the field of nanotechnology at University of Tehran * Farshid Torabian, Professor of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design
==Fictional characters== *A character in ''Shahnameh'' (brother of Piran)
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