The first name Scheherazade
A girl’s name from Persian meaning “lineage”, “noble”, “city”.
Pronounced /ʃəˈhɛɹəzɑd/ 4 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Persian origin
Scheherazade means “lineage”, “noble”, “city” in Persian.
Borrowed from German Scheherazade, from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Classical Persian شَهْرَازَاد (šahrāzād), alternative form of شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād); either a reborrowing from Arabic شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād) from Middle Persian *čihrāzād, equivalent to New Persian چهر (čihr /čehr, “lineage”) + آزاد (āzād /âzâd, “noble”), or a compound of شهر (šahr, “city”) + زاد (zād /zâd, “child of”), in which case there was likely no reborrowing through Arabic involved. Given name popularized by the fictional character below.
More names that mean noble.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Scheherazade at birth, 1880–2025
In 1978, 5 girls born in the United States were named Scheherazade, the 11,090th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1968, when 8 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Scheherazade in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Scheherazade in German too.
Nicknames and spellings
Other spellings and forms
- Scheherezade
- Shahrazad
- Shahrzad
- Sheherazade
More Persian girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Scheherazade mean?
- Scheherazade means “lineage”, “noble”, “city” in Persian.
- What is the origin of the name Scheherazade?
- Borrowed from German Scheherazade, from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Classical Persian شَهْرَازَاد (šahrāzād), alternative form of شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād); either a reborrowing from Arabic شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād) from Middle Persian *čihrāzād, equivalent to New Persian چهر (čihr /čehr,…
- When was Scheherazade most popular?
- 1968 in the United States, when 8 babies were named Scheherazade, its highest rank at 5,543rd.
- How do you pronounce Scheherazade?
- Scheherazade is /ʃəˈhɛɹəzɑd/, 4 syllables.
- What are other spellings of Scheherazade?
- Scheherezade, Shahrazad, Shahrzad and Sheherazade.