Khorshīd or Khorshēd ( , meaning the Sun or the "Radiant Sun"), also spelled as Khurshed and Khurshid, is a Persian given name. In the modern day as well as historical Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, but also in Iraqi Kurdistan, Egypt, Central Asia and South Asia, it is mostly a given name for boys. The origin of the word is related to the Avestan divinity Hvare-khshaeta. In Turkish, it is sometimes written as Hurşit.
People Khurshid of Tabaristan (734-761), last Dabuyid ruler of Tabaristan Khurshid of Dailam (died 865), a Justanid king Khurshid Khan (died 1503), fifteenth-century minister of Sylhet Khurshid Ahmad (scholar) (1932-2025), Pakistani economist and politician Khurshed Alam Khan (1919-2013), Indian Congress Party senior leader Khurshed Mahmudov (born 1982), Tajikistani footballer Khurshed Nariman (1883-1948), Mayor of Mumbai (1935–1936) Khursheed Bano (1914–2001), pioneer film actress and singer of the Indian cinema Khurshid Ahmad (disambiguation) Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (born 1941), Pakistani politician and diplomat Khershed Meherhomji (1911–1982), Indian cricketer Khurshid Rizvi (born 1942), Pakistani poet
Surname Khurshid Hasan Khurshid (1924–1988), first elected president of Azad Kashmir, Private secretary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah Omar Khorshid, (1945–1981), Egyptian instrumental guitarist Salman Khurshid (born 1953), Indian Congress Party politician
Places Khorshid, Iran (disambiguation)
Other Khurshid TV, Afghan television station
See also Khorshid (newspaper) Khorshidi dynasty