Given name · Arabic · Persian
شهرزاد
“noble lineage”
شهرزاد (šahrazād) is a feminine given name from Middle Persian (ultimately Classical Persian), meaning “noble lineage.” It is used in Arabic and Persian.
Arabic and PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
شهرزاد comes from Middle Persian, and ultimately from Classical Persian.
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How it developed
From Middle Persian *čihrāzād (“noble lineage”), from Classical Persian شَهْرْزَاد (“child of the city”).
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شهرزاد’s family of names
In Arabic usage, شهرزاد has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Szeherezada.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named شهرزاد
Characters named شهرزاد: Scheherazade (main female character and a narrator in The Thousand and One Nights).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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