Given name
Shireen
“sweet, charming, agreeable”·“one who is sweet and pleasant”
In English use, Shireen has a related form in Shirin. Interpretations include “sweet, charming, agreeable” (Persian) and “one who is sweet and pleasant” (Persian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Shireen has a related form in Shirin. Interpretations include “sweet, charming, agreeable” (Persian) and “one who is sweet and pleasant” (Persian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Shireen has a related form in Shirin. Shirin has been associated with Persian and Arabic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Shireen is used as a variant of Shirin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shireen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,355
- 0 boys · 1,355 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #10,005 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,005 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,222 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.
Shireen’s family of names
Shireen has a related form in Shirin.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Shireen
- Shireen Mazaripolitician in Pakistanborn 1956
- Shireen SungkarIndonesian singerborn 1992
- Shireen CrutchfieldAmerican actressborn 1970
- Shireen MirzaIndian actress
- Shireen HunterIranian political scientistborn 1945
- Shireen HassimSouth African political scientist, historian, and scholar of gender studies and African studiesborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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