Baby name
CLASSIC
🇩🇪 🇹🇷 Shirin
/shee · REEN/
Meaning
“Sweet or pleasant”
Persian feminine name meaning sweet or pleasant; used across Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Central Asia, and carried into the Arabic world; the legendary princess Shirin from the Khosrow and Shirin epic gives it profound literary depth.
Nicknames
shir
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Timeless in Persian and Turkic cultures; carries literary and historical weight that ages beautifully.
The cultural moment.
Consistently popular in Iran throughout the 20th century; also used in Turkey and Central Asia; stable into the 2020s.