Save Gender Masculine Usage Arabic Scripts شَمس الدين(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. /ʃam.sad.ˈdiːn/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "sun of the religion", from Arabic شمس (shams) meaning "sun" and دين (din) meaning "religion, faith". This was the given name of the 14th-century Berber explorer Ibn Battuta. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsShams al-Din, ShamsuddinOther Languages & CulturesShamsuddin(Bengali) Shamsuddin(Malay) Şemsettin(Turkish) Categories celestial, nature, religion, sun