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:
Given name
Female
- Shams (singer), a Saudi-Kuwaiti singer
- Shams Abbasi, Pakistani scholar
- Shams al-Baroudi, Egyptian actress
- Shams C. Inati, American scholar
- Shams Pahlavi, member of the Iranian royal family
- Shams un Nisa Memon, Pakistani politician
Male
- Shams Badran, Egyptian military officer
- Shams Buneri, Pakistani poet
- Shams Charania, American television presenter
- Shams Langeroodi, Iranian poet
- Shams Mulani, Indian cricketer
- Shams Sumon, Bangladeshi actor
- Shams Tabrizi, Iranian Sufi mystic
Surname
- Ajmal Shams, Afghan politician and engineer
- Ibrahim Shams, Egyptian Olympic weightlifter
- Fatemeh Shams, Iranian poet and literary scholar
- Hossein Shams, Iranian futsal coach and football player
- Kalimuddin Shams, Indian politician
- Ladan Shams, American psychologist
- Mohammad Shams, Iranian musical artist
- Noorena Shams, Pakistani sportsperson
- Randy J. Shams, American musical artist
- Siavash Shams, Iranian musical artist
- Sumera Shams, Pakistani politician
- Wahid Shams Kolahi, Iranian German engineer
Arabic-based compound names with ''Shams'' as an element
- Shamsul Alam, meaning Sun of the world
- Shams al-Din, meaning Sun of the religion/faith
- Shams ul Huda, meaning Sun of the guidance
- Shams ul Haq, meaning Sun of Al Haqq
- Shamsul Islam, meaning Sun of Islam
- Shamsuzzaman, meaning Sun of the era
- Shams ud Duha, meaning Sun of the dawn
- Shamsunnahar, meaning Sun of the morning
- Shamsur Rahman, meaning Sun of the Most Merciful
- Shamsi (name), meaning ''Sunny''