shaista

Shayesteh or Shaista ({{langx|fa|شایسته}}, {{langx|ps|شایسته}}) is a given name and is often given to females.

In Persian, "شایسته" means "worthy" or "admirable",{{Cite web |title=شایسته |url=https://abadis.ir/fatofa/شایسته/ |website=Abadis Online Persian Dictionary |access-date=2024-11-10}} whereas translating it from Pashto it is derived from Shaist ({{langx|ps|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, Iranian actress
• Shayesteh Ghaderpour, Iraninan chess player
• Shaista Aziz, English journalist
• Shaista Khan, Mughal subahdar of Bengal
• Shaista Lodhi, Pakistani actress
• Shaista Nuzhat, Punjabi linguist
• Shaista Pervaiz, Pakistani politician
• Shaista Shameem, Fijian lawyer
• Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician
• Shaista Wahab, Afghan author
• Jalal-ud-Din Khalji, ruler of the Delhi Sultanate under the Khalji dynasty. Jalaluddin was given the epithet by Muiz ud din Qaiqabad.{{Cite book |last=Lal |first=Kishori Saran |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tdw2ugEACAAJ |title=History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290-1320 |date=1967 |publisher=Asia Publishing House |language=en|page=6}}