Shukri () (), alternatively Shoukri, Shoukry, Shokri, Choukri, Choucri, Chokri etc., is an Arabic name for males/females meaning 'thankful'. It is the masculine active participle of the Arabic verb ôÃÂÃÂÃÂñàmeaning 'to be thankful. The feminine form of the name is Shukriya or Shukria (ôÃÂñÃÂÃÂé), or Ã
Âükriye in Turkish. It can be used as either a given name or surname. A similar Arabic name is Shakir (Feminine form: Shakira).
Given name
- Choukri Abahnini (born 1960), pole vault athlete from Tunisia
- Shukri al-Asali (1868âÂÂ1916), Ottoman parliamentarian and Syrian political activist
- Shukri al-Quwatli (1891âÂÂ1967), president of Syria from 1943 to 1949 and from 1955 to 1958
- Choucri Atafi (born 1981), Moroccan Greco-Roman wrestler
- Chokri Belaid (1964-2013), Tunisian lawyer and politician
- Chokri El Ouaer (born 1966), former Tunisian football goalkeeper
- Shukri Ghanem (born 1942), former General Secretary of the People's Committee in Libya
- Shukri Hussein Gure (born 1978), Somali politician
- Shukri Lawrence, Palestinian fashion designer and artist
- Shukri Mustafa, Egyptian Khariji
- Choukri Ouaïl, Algerian footballer
- Shoukry Sarhan (1925-1997), Egyptian actor
- Shukri Rahim, Malaysian cricketer
- Shukri Toefy (born 1984), Cape Town based film producer
Surname
- Abdel Rahman Shokry, Egyptian poet
- Ahmed Shoukry, Egyptian footballer
- Alawi Shukri, Emirati cricketer
- Andrew Wagih Shoukry (born 1990), Egyptian professional squash player
- Artin Bey Shoukry, Egyptian Foreign Minister from 1844 to 1850
- Hassan Bey Shukri, co-founded the Muslim National Associations (MNA)
- Ibrahim Shoukry (1916âÂÂ2008), Egyptian politician
- Islam Shokry, Egyptian footballer currently playing for Egyptian club "Tersana"
- Javid Shokri, Iranian footballer
- Mahmoud Shokry, chief of staff of the Egyptian Army
- Mamdouh Shoukri, seventh President and Vice-Chancellor of York University
- Mohamed Choukri (1935-2003), Moroccan author and novelist
- Mohammad Shukri (cricketer) (born 1986), Malaysian cricketer
- Monia Chokri (born 1982), Canadian actress
- Moustapha Choukri (1945-1980), Moroccan footballer
- Muhammad Shukri (1861-1919), Christian convert who became a missionary by the name of Johannes Avetaranian
- Nancy Shukri, Malaysian politician
- Peter Shoukry (born 1986), Egyptian-American model and artist
- Sameh Shoukry (born 1952), Egyptian career diplomat
- Shoukri brothers, Andre Khalef Shoukri and Ihab Shoukri, a pair of Egyptian-Northern Irish loyalist paramilitaries
- Suhaizi Shukri (born 1979), Malaysian football referee
Middle name
See also