Given name & surname · also Arabic
Shirin
“sweet, charming, agreeable”·“one who is sweet and pleasant”
Shirin is used as a given name and a surname. 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
Interpretations include “sweet, charming, agreeable” (Persian) and “one who is sweet and pleasant” (Persian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Persian and Arabic naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shirin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 801
- 0 boys · 801 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,443 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,443 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,271 as a first name in 2020; 132 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.
Shirin’s family of names
Shirin has a related form in Shireen. Shirin has a related form in Shirina. Shirin has a related form in Sheereen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Shireenvariant
- Shirinavariant
- Sheereenvariant
- Shirynnevariant
- Shirynnvariant
- Shirynvariant
- Shiriniyavariant
- Shiriniavariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Shirin
- Shirin EbadiIranian lawyer, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipientborn 1947
- Shirin NeshatIranian artist, film director, and photographer (born 1957)
- Shirin Sharmin ChaudhuryBengali politicianborn 1966
- Shirinwife of Khosrau II600–628
- Shirin van AnrooijDutch cyclistborn 2002
- Shirin AbdullaevaUzbek Singer2005–2025
- Shirin AliabadiIranian artist1973–2018
- Shirin YazdanbakhshIranian actress (1949-2025)
- Shirin GeramiIranian / British Triathleteborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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