Shahrazad

Gender Feminine
Usage Persian (Rare), Arabic
Scripts شهرزاد(Persian, Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. /ʃæhɾ.ˈzɒːd/(Persian) /ʃah.ra.ˈzaːd/(Arabic)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Possibly means "noble lineage" from Persian چهر (chehr) meaning "lineage, origin" and آزاد (āzād) meaning "free, noble" [1]. Alternatively, it might mean "child of the city" from شهر (shahr) meaning "city, land" combined with the suffix زاد (zād) meaning "child of". This is the name of the fictional storyteller in The 1001 Nights. She tells a story to her husband the king every night for 1001 nights in order to delay her execution.

Related Names

VariantsShahrzad(Persian) Shahrizad(Arabic)
Other Languages & CulturesScheherazade, Sheherazade(Literature) Şehrazat, Şehrazad(Turkish)

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   complex   serious  

Images

The sultan and Shahrazad in a 1856 illustration by Sani-ol-Molk from One Thousand and One NightsThe sultan and Shahrazad in a 1856 illustration by Sani-ol-Molk from One Thousand and One Nights

Categories

cities, family, fictional characters, freedom, literature, rare Persian, women and death

Sources & References

  1. Page at https://iranicaonline.org/articles/alf-layla-wa-layla.
Entry updated October 6, 2024