Shamsi (name)

Shamsi (Arabic: شمسی‎‎) is a family name in Middle East and South Asia.

The word Shamsi means of sun or solar. Shams means Sun and Shamsi means Sunny.

According to their tradition, they belonged to the Shamsi Family communities in Pakistan and India were converted to Islam by Sufi Saints Hazrat Shams Tabrizi and Hazrat Shahjamal Shamsul Arifeen . They often use the surname Shamsi ( a disciple of Shams), in his honour.