Boy · Persian · Muslim
Shahzad
شہزادSay it shah-ZAAD
- Meaning today
- Prince, son of a king
- Original meaning
- "born of a king; a prince" Steingass, p. 727
- Say it
- shah-ZAAD
- Written
- شہزاد
- Other spellings
- Shehzad, Shahzaad
Shahzad
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Shahzad meaning
Shahzad (شہزاد) is a Muslim boy's name of Persian origin.
Born of a king; a prince
Also used to mean: son of a king
Shahzad (شہزاد) is a Persian name meaning "born of a king", from shāh, "king", and zād, "born, offspring". Steingass gives the fuller form shāh-zāda, or shah-zāda, as a king's son, a prince or an heir apparent, and shāh-zāda-khānum as a princess; Shahzad is the shorter form used as a given name. Platts records the everyday Hindustani spoken form sāhjādā as a corruption of shāhzāda. Name lists agree on "prince".
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 727 · entry shāh-zāda (شاه زاده); also shah-zāda, p. 770 · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, shāh-zāda, p. 727 · Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, shah-zāda, p. 770 · Platts, Urdu–English Dictionary, sāhjādā, p. 631
Spellings
Shahzad · Shehzad · Shahzaad