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What Does shah Mean in Names?

shah means “king” and comes from Persian. It appears in 13 published names on this site.

Persian šāh 'king, shah', inherited from Middle and Old Persian. Uzbek renders it as shoh, as in the compound name Shohjahon.

7 shah girl names

  1. Gülşah

    “rose + king”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Girl2 syllablesDocumented

  2. Mihrişah

    “sun ruler”
    From Persian · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  3. Neslişah

    “of royal descent”
    From Arabic and Persian · Turkish
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  4. Şahanə

    “royal, regal”
    From Persian · Turkish, Azerbaijani
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  5. Şahnaz

    “royal grace”
    From Persian · Turkish, Azerbaijani
    Girl2 syllablesEditorial

  6. Şahsənəm

    “royal beauty”
    From Persian and Arabic · Azerbaijani
    Girl3 syllablesEditorial

  7. Shakhzada

    “offspring of a king”
    From Classical Persian · Kazakh
    Girl3 syllablesDocumented

6 shah boy names

  1. Şahbaz

    “royal falcon”
    From Persian · Azerbaijani
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  2. Şahmar

    “king serpent”
    From Persian · Azerbaijani
    Boy2 syllablesEditorial

  3. Shakhmardan

    “king of men”
    From Persian · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  4. Shakhmurat

    “the king's wish”
    From Classical Persian and Arabic · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  5. Shakhnazar

    “the king's favour”
    From Classical Persian and Persian · Kazakh
    Boy3 syllablesEditorial

  6. Shohjahon

    “king of the world”
    From Persian · Uzbek
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

Often combined with

gül (1 name)jahan (1 name)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary contributors. Wiktionary entry “Shohjahon”. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 88958888. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Supports: Uzbek Shohjahon analysed as shoh + jahon

  2. Wiktionary contributors. Wiktionary entry “شاه”. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 92999105. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Supports: Persian شاه 'king; shah', inherited from Middle Persian šāh