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Shahnaz
شہنازSay it shah-NAAZ
- Meaning today
- Pride of the king, delight of the king
- Original meaning
- "shah-nāz, the name of a note or mode in Persian music" Steingass, p. 770
- Say it
- shah-NAAZ
- Written
- شہناز
- Other spellings
- Shehnaz, Shanaz, Shahnaaz
Shahnaz
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Shahnaz meaning
Shahnaz (شہناز) is a Muslim girl's name of Persian origin.
Meaning today
Pride of the king, delight of the king
Original Persian meaning
"shah-nāz, the name of a note or mode in Persian music"
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 770 · entry shah-nāz (شهناز) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
Shahnaz (شہناز) is a Persian compound of shah or shāh, "king", and nāz, which Steingass defines as glory, pride, and also the endearing ways of a beloved. Read from those parts it gives the meaning on name lists, "pride of the king" or "delight of the king". Steingass records shah-nāz itself only as the name of a note, or mode, in Persian music, so the popular meaning is a reading of the parts rather than the word's dictionary sense. In India the name is well known through the beauty entrepreneur Shahnaz Husain.
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, shah-nāz, p. 770 · Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, nāz, p. 1371 · Wikipedia, Shahnaz Husain
Famous namesakes
- Shahnaz Husain, Indian beauty entrepreneur
Spellings
Shahnaz · Shehnaz · Shanaz · Shahnaaz