Şinasi is the Turkish spelling of the Persian name (شناسی), also transliterated as Shinasi. Today, it is commonly used as a male given name.
Given name İbrahim Şinasi (1826–1871), Ottoman author, playwright, and journalist Şinasi Bozatlı (born 1962), Turkish painter and sculptor Şinasi Gündüz (born 1960), Turkish historian of religion
Surname Morris Schinasi (1855–1928), American tobacco industrialist of Ottoman origin Altina Schinasi (1907–1999), American artist, entrepreneur, and inventor, daughter of Morris
Places Şinasi Sahnesi, theatre in Ankara, Turkey, named after İbrahim Şinasi