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شَهْرَزَاد
Shahrazad
shah-ra-ZAD
“Of noble birth; freer of cities.”
About Shahrazad
Shahrazad is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "of noble birth; freer of cities" — a Persian name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Persian compound: shahr ('city') + zad ('born of'). Famous as the storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights.
Distinctly Persian; literary resonance.
Origin & roots
Origin
Persian
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Scheherazade
Root letters
Persian and Arabic share many roots through centuries of Islamic scholarship; Shahrazad's consonants live comfortably in both.
Across history
Who has carried Shahrazad before.
- Shahrazad, the storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Shahrazad
- What does the name Shahrazad mean?
- Shahrazad (شَهْرَزَاد) means "Of noble birth; freer of cities". Persian compound: shahr ('city') + zad ('born of'). Famous as the storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights.
- Is Shahrazad a name from the Qur'an?
- Shahrazad does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Persian name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Shahrazad a boy or a girl name?
- Shahrazad is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Shahrazad come from?
- Shahrazad is a Persian name, built on the root letters Sh-H-R. Distinctly Persian; literary resonance.
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