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Shirin - Origin and Meaning of the name

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[ 2 syll. (s)hi-rin, sh-ir-in ] The girl name Shirin is pronounced SHIHRahN KEY. Shirin's language of origin is Old Persian, and it is predominantly used in Indian, Iranian, and Turkish. Derived literally from the element shirin which has the meaning 'charming, pleasant'. The name was borne by the beautiful wife of the Persian king Khosrau II; she appeared in the ancient collection of stories 'One Thousand and One Nights' on the 390th night.

Variations of Shirin include the English Schirin, the Iranian Shereen, the Iranian Shireen, and the English Shyrin.

Shirin is an uncommon baby name for girls. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Shirin include the English Schirin, the English Sharmain, the English Sharmaine, the English Sharman, the English Sharmane, the English Sharon, the English Sharron, the English Sharyn, the Iranian Shireen, the English Charmain, the English Charmaine, the English Saranna, the German Sarina, the German Sarine, the German and Italian Serena, the English Serina, the English Sharona, the English Shyrin, the German and Romanian Sorina, the Basque Sorne, and the Welsh Cerian.

KEY: English pronunciation for Shirin: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


A famous person named Shirin is Lawyer, Shirin Ebadi, born 21 June 1947, Hamedan, Iran.

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