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Shahrzad

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Meaning

City deliverer

Linguistic Origin

Persian

Islamic Classification

Islamic historical figure

Regional Usage

Iran

Global Spellings

Arabic ุดู‡ุฑุฒุงุฏ
Graceful and timeless, the name Shahrzad is a beautiful choice for a baby girl. The name holds the profound meaning of 'City deliverer', reflecting qualities that parents often wish to bestow upon their child.

While popular in Persian regions, Shahrzad has a modern appeal that transcends borders. It is an excellent choice for a modern Muslim family honoring tradition.

Shahrzad, like Shahrazad, is the Persian name of Scheherazade.

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Etymology

From the Persian ุดู‡ุฑุฒุงุฏ (Shahrzad), the storyteller queen of the One Thousand and One Nights.

Notable Historical Usage

From the tenth century Persian became the literary and courtly language of the eastern Islamic world, carried by the Samanid, Ghaznavid, Seljuk, Timurid and Mughal courts and used in administration as far as Bengal. Its vocabulary of light, garden and heart supplied given names across that whole reach, alongside the Arabic religious stock, and still does.

Cultural / Regional Usage

Widely used across Persian-speaking Muslim communities, particularly as a girl's name.