# Zeeshan

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**Zeeshan**, **Zishan**, **Zeshaan** or **Zeshan** (Persian: ذیشان, ذی‌شان; Arabic: ذِي شَأن) is an [Arabic](/source/Arabic) [given name](/source/Given_name), simply translated as "princely". This word is also used in [Persian](/source/Persian_language), [Urdu](/source/Urdu) and sometimes in [Turkish](/source/Turkish_language) poetry as an adjective.

## Variant forms and similar names

The [diminutive](/source/Diminutive) or nickname for Zeeshan is "Shaan" or "Shani".

"Jishaan" is a [Bihari](/source/Bihari_languages) and [Indian](/source/Languages_of_India) cognate for the same word, so written due to the lack of a native /z/ sound in [Sanskrit](/source/Sanskrit)-derived languages.

## Notable people with this name

- [Mohammad Zeeshan](/source/Mohammad_Zeeshan) (born 2006), Pakistani cricketer
- [Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub](/source/Mohammed_Zeeshan_Ayyub) (actor, born 1983), Indian actor
- [Zeeshan Abbasi](/source/Zeeshan_Abbasi) (born 1982), Pakistani blind cricketer
- [Zeeshan Ali](/source/Zeeshan_Ali) (born 1970), Indian tennis player
- [Zeeshan Ashraf](/source/Zeeshan_Ashraf) (born 1977), Pakistani hockey player
- [Zeeshan Khan (cricketer, born 1976)](/source/Zeeshan_Khan_(cricketer,_born_1976)) (born 1976), Pakistani cricketer
- [Zeeshan Khan (cricketer, born 1992)](/source/Zeeshan_Khan_(cricketer,_born_1992)) (born 1992), Pakistani cricketer
- [Zeeshan Maqsood](/source/Zeeshan_Maqsood) (born 1987), Omani cricketer
- [Zeeshan Parwez](/source/Zeeshan_Parwez), Pakistani musician in [Sajid & Zeeshan](/source/Sajid_%26_Zeeshan), electronic music duo from Peshawar
- [Zeshan "Zesh" Rehman](/source/Zesh_Rehman) (born 1983), British Pakistani footballer
- [Zeeshan Anis Siddiqui](/source/Zeeshan_Anis_Siddiqui), UK citizen apprehended in Pakistan
- [Zeeshan Zameer](/source/Zeeshan_Zameer) (born 2002), Pakistani cricketer

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