Shahbaz

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Lak (Dagestan/Russia)

Meaning

a Lak and wider Persianate masculine name meaning royal falcon or king's hawk; composed of the Persian shah (king) and baz (falcon or hawk); the falcon is among the most prized symbols of nobility in the Persianate and Turkic cultures that have influenced the peoples of the Caucasus, and falconry was practiced by the mountain aristocracy of Dagestan as both a practical skill and a mark of royal status; a son named Shahbaz is destined, in the hopes of his parents, for the swift, far-seeing, and decisive qualities of the hunting bird

Gender

male