Girl · Persian (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Sharmeen
شرمینSay it shar-MEEN
- Meaning today
- Modest, shy, bashful
- Original meaning
- "modest, bashful (from Persian sharm, 'modesty, bashfulness')" Steingass, p. 742
- Say it
- shar-MEEN
- Written
- شرمین
- Other spellings
- Sharmin, Sharmeena
Sharmeen
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Sharmeen meaning
Sharmeen (شرمین) is a Muslim girl's name of Persian origin (Urdu usage).
Modest, bashful (from Persian sharm, 'modesty, bashfulness')
Also used to mean: shy
Sharmeen (شرمین) is built on the Persian sharm, which Steingass's dictionary defines as bashfulness, modesty or shame, with the ending -īn that forms adjectives, as in zarrīn, "golden". Steingass does not list sharmīn itself, but gives the close form sharmgīn, "bashful". So the name means "modest" or "shy", which is how name lists give it. In Urdu, sharm is the ordinary word for modesty and shyness. The best-known bearer is the Pakistani film-maker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who has won two Academy Awards.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 742 · entry sharm (شرم), with sharmgīn (شرمگین) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, sharm, sharmgīn, p. 742 · Wikipedia, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Famous namesakes
- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Pakistani film-maker
Spellings
Sharmeen · Sharmin · Sharmeena