Given name & surname
Shakib
“one who is patient”
Shakib is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “one who is patient.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is patient.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shakib through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 7 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 boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 198 as a first name in 2020; 179 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shakib’s family of names
Shakib has a related form in Shakeeb. Shakib has a related form in Shakeab. Shakib has a related form in Shakyb.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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