Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic
Scripts شكيب(Arabic)
Other Forms FormsShakib, Shakeb, Chakib, Shakeebah (feminine)
Meaning & History
This name is originaly Persian means : patience or tolerance,it used in Syria,Lebanon,Iraq. it can be used for females but with adding A,H in the end "Shakeebah" . Shakeeb Arsalan was very famous Arab writer ,this name has been getting old fashioned.The reference of the meaning of this name is The Arabic Persian Dictionary page number 376 ,it is translated in English "The Golden Dictionary" by Muhammad Al-Tunji