Shams (name)

Shams is an Arabic origin word which is used as a unisex given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Shams

Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Region of origin	Middle East
Other names
Related names	Shams ul Alam Shams ud Duha Shams al-Din Shams ul Haq Shamsul Huda Shamsul Islam Shamsunnahar Shamsur Rahman Shamsuzzaman

Given name

Female

• Shams (singer) (born 1980), a Saudi-Kuwaiti singer
• Shams Abbasi (1924–2011), Pakistani scholar
• Shams al-Baroudi (born 1945), Egyptian actress
• Shams C. Inati, American scholar
• Shams Pahlavi (1917–1996), member of the Iranian royal family
• Shams un Nisa Memon, Pakistani politician

Male

• Shams Badran (1929–2020), Egyptian military officer
• Shams Buneri (1946–2023), Pakistani poet
• Shams Charania (born 1994), American television presenter
• Shams Langeroodi (born 1950), Iranian poet
• Shams Mulani (born 1997), Indian cricketer
• Shams Sumon, Bangladeshi actor
• Shams Tabrizi (1185–1248), Iranian Sufi mystic

Surname

• Ajmal Shams, Afghan politician and engineer
• Ibrahim Shams (1917–2001), Egyptian Olympic weightlifter
• Fatemeh Shams (born 1983), Iranian poet and literary scholar
• Hossein Shams (born 1961), Iranian futsal coach and football player
• Kalimuddin Shams (1939–2013), Indian politician
• Ladan Shams, American psychologist
• Mohammad Shams (born 1954), Iranian musical artist
• Noorena Shams (born 1997), Pakistani sportsperson
• Randy J. Shams, American musical artist
• Siavash Shams (born 1963), Iranian musical artist
• Sumera Shams (born 1991), Pakistani politician
• Wahid Shams Kolahi (born 1965), Iranian German engineer