Shireen

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Persian/Farsi (Iran)

Meaning

a Persian feminine name meaning sweet, pleasant, or charming, from the Persian adjective shirin (شیرین); the name is most famous as the name of the Armenian princess Shirin, the beloved of the Sasanian king Khosrow II in the twelfth-century romance Khosrow and Shirin by Nizami Ganjavi — one of the masterpieces of classical Persian literature and the Persian literary world's most celebrated love story; Shirin is the ideal of feminine sweetness, beauty, and faithfulness in the Persian literary tradition, and the story of her love with Khosrow and the sculptor Farhad who carved a mountain for her sake has been retold in poetry, miniature painting, film, and music across the Persian-speaking world for centuries; Shireen is widely used in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and diaspora communities and is among the most beloved of Persian feminine names for its combination of euphonious simplicity and rich literary resonance

Gender

female

Also spelled

Shirin, Shereen