girl name · Source-indexed record
Shahida
شاهدة
Witness, Martyr in the cause of Islam and as such held in very high esteem and honour, fem. of Shaheed.
- Arabic spelling
- شاهدة
- Pronunciation
- shah-HEE-dahAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- ArabicLinguistic inference
- Gender
- girl
- First letter
- S
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Shahida
Shahida is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a female name. The source records its meaning as “Witness, Martyr in the cause of Islam and as such held in very high esteem and honour, fem. of Shaheed.”. Its origin label is inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.