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Chahrazad

شهرزادIn Arabic

Meaning
Persian: of noble lineage, or 'child of the city'; the storyteller of the Nights
About the name
Scheherazade is the narrator of One Thousand and One Nights: married to King Shahryar, she saves herself and the other women of the kingdom from execution by telling him stories night after night.
For
A girl
Origin
Arabic, Persian
Other spellings
Chahrazed, Scheherazade, Shahrazad, Shahrazade

Islamic naming guidance

  • Permissible

Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.

Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources

Confidence: high

Sources

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