Shadi

Native American

"pelican"

Shadi Origin and Meaning

The name Shadi is a girl's name.

Shadi is a name with cross-cultural origins, used for both males and females though more traditionally masculine in its original contexts. In Persian, Shadi (شادی) means 'happiness' or 'joy,' making it a name with an inherently positive meaning. In Arabic usage, it can be related to the word meaning 'singer' or from 'shadw' meaning 'to sing' or 'to chant.' As a feminine name in Western contexts, Shadi has remained relatively uncommon, appealing to parents seeking cross-cultural names with meaningful associations. The name's simplicity, with just two syllables, makes it easily pronounceable across language barriers, while its joyful meaning gives it universal appeal. Shadi represents cultural diversity while carrying associations with happiness and artistic expression.

Famous People Named Shadi

• A Persian girls' name meaning 'happiness'. Also an Arabic boys' name meaning 'singer'.
• Shadi Hamid (male) Director of research for the Brookings Doha Centre
• Shadi Ghadirian (female) A Tehran,based photographer who depicts women's lives and roles in Iran
• Shadi Abdel Salam (male‎) An Egyptian film director, screenwriter and costume and set designer
• Shadi Nadmi Abu Hash'hash (male) A Jordanian football player
• Shadi Abdalla (male) An associate of Musab al Zarqawi, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, and one who knows some of al Qaeda's most important Afghan training camps
• Shadi Abu Dib (male) An Israeli Arab footballer
• Shadi A. Karam (male) a specialist in the restructuring of distressed companies and banks
• Shadi Beg (male) Khan of the Golden Horde (1399,1407) and a son of Timur,Malik
• Shadi Bartsch (female) an American academic
• Shadi Ghosheh (male) A Tunisian,Italian football player who plays for Bassano Virtus
• Shadi Jamil (male) A Syrian singer
• Shadi Khan Governor of Mughal emperor Akbar at Kandahar, Afghanistan, at the start of the 17th century
• Shadi Paridar (female) An Iranian chess Woman Grandmaster
• Shadi Petosky (female) An American comics author, designer, and television animator
• Shadi Sadr (female) An Iranian lawyer, journalist, and a notable Iranian woman's rights activist.
• Shadi Shaban (male) An Israeli football player who plays for Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon.
• Shadi Sukiya (male‎) A Palestinian who was arrested by the Israel Defense Forces in International Solidarity Movement (ISM)'s Jenin office on March 27, 2003.
• Shadi Talaat (male) An Egyptian sabre fencer
• Shadi Taha (male) An Egyptian,American activist who returned to Egypt during the Arab Spring
• Shadi Toloui Wallace (female), A Persian,Australian Baha'i singer,songwriter

The name Shadi in Pop Culture

• Shadi (male) a character on the Japanese anime series "Yu,Gi,Oh"
• "Shadi Aur Tum Say?" A Pakistani tv show directed by Uzma Nadeem
• Shadi A Pakistani stage drama
• Juy ye Shadi, village in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan
• Shadi Township Yongding District, Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
• Shadi Jiangxi, town in Gan County, Jiangxi, China
• Shadi Iran, village in Taybad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
• Chak Shadi village of Jhelum District in Punjab, Pakistan
• Shadi fishing port of Shangchuan Island in Guangdong, China
• Shadi Bratz doll character