Khorshid, also found as Khurshid, is the Persian word for sun and is also the name of a place in Iran. The name is found mostly in Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan and can be used for both boys and girls.

Khorshid, anglicized as Sun Children, was the title of an Iranian film about street children. Khorshid Khanom, or Sun Lady, was an ancient fertility and water goddess.

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Khorshid

Khorshid, also found as Khurshid and Khursheed, is the Persian word for sun and a name used for both girls and boys. The name of a place in Iran, Khorshid is the title of an Iranian film about street children, angilicized as Sun Children. 

Khorshid Khanom, or Sun Lady, was an ancient fertility and water goddess, the personification of Anahita.

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