Shaista
Shayesteh or Shaista (Persian: شایسته, Pashto: شایسته) is a given name and is often given to females.
In Persian, "شایسته" means "worthy" or "admirable",[1] whereas translating it from Pashto it is derived from Shaist (Pashto: شایست), meaning “beauty”.
This name can be found across Central and South Asia, along with some parts of the Middle East.
Notable people with this name include:
- Shayesteh Irani (born 1979), Iranian actress
- Shayesteh Ghaderpour (born 1984), Iraninan chess player
- Shaista Khan (1600–1694), Mughal subahdar of Bengal
- Shaista Lodhi (born 1976), Pakistani actress
- Shaista Nuzhat (born 1963), Punjabi linguist
- Shaista Pervaiz, Pakistani politician
- Shaista Shameem, Fijian lawyer
- Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (1915–2000), Pakistani politician
- Shaista Wahab, Afghan author
See also
- Shaista Khan Mosque, a mosque in Dhaka built by Shayesta Khan
- Shayestaganj Upazila, a sub-district in Bangladesh named after Syed Shaista Miah