58%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Urdu, Pashto Scripts شیر(Urdu) شېر(Pashto) Meaning & History Means "lion" in Persian. A famous bearer of this name was Sher Shah, a 16th-century Mughal ruler. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootshīrOther Languages & CulturesShir(Persian) Categories animals, fauna, felines, lions, nature