Given name · also Arabic
Shabnam
“of the morning's dew”·“covered with the morning's dew”
Shabnam is used as a given name. Interpretations include “of the morning's dew” (Arabic) and “covered with the morning's dew” (Persian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Persianشبنم
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “of the morning's dew” (Arabic) and “covered with the morning's dew” (Persian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Arabic and Persian naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shabnam through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 435
- 0 boys · 435 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,794 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shabnam’s family of names
Shabnam has a related form in Shabname. Shabnam has a related form in Shabnamn. In English usage, Shabnam has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form Şebnem.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Shabnam has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
Persianwhere Shabnam comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Shabnam
- Shabnam SurayyoTajikistani singerborn 1981
- Shabnam MausiIndian politician and hijra activistborn 1955
- Shabnam ToloueiIranian actress, theatre director and playwrightborn 1971
- Shabnam QolikhaniIranian actressborn 1977
- Shabnam MoghaddamiIranian actressborn 1972
- Shabnam RomaniPakistani poet1928–2009
- Shabnam GhorbaniIranian actorborn 1989
- Shabnam FarshadjooIranian actressborn 1978
- Shabnam ShakeelPakistani poet, academic1942–2013
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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