Dilshad

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Saraiki (Pakistan)

Meaning

a name of Persian origin meaning happy heart or one whose heart is glad, composed of dil meaning heart and shad meaning happy or joyful, widely used across Saraiki, Punjabi, and Urdu-speaking communities of Pakistan and the wider Persian cultural sphere; the heart — dil — occupies a central place in Saraiki and Urdu poetic tradition as the seat of longing, love, and spiritual experience, and a name that declares the heart's happiness carries connotations of a life blessed with contentment, love, and the fulfilment of emotional and spiritual aspiration; in Sufi poetry, which permeates Saraiki cultural life through the tradition of Khwaja Ghulam Farid and others, the happy heart is one that has found union with the divine beloved, making Dilshad a name that can be read at both the human and the mystical registers of experience

Gender

unisex