Name Meaning & Origin
"A female given name from Persian."
Data last updated: 2025 SSA records
Sheherazade is the legendary narrator and central framing character of One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and North African folktales compiled in Arabic between roughly the 8th and 14th centuries. Sheherazade is the wife of King Shahryar and saves herself, and ultimately the women of the kingdom, from execution by recounting a continuous sequence of interlinked stories over the course of 1,001 nights.
Sheherazade is the legendary narrator and central framing character of One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and North African folktales compiled in Arabic between roughly the 8th and 14th centuries. Sheherazade is the wife of King Shahryar and saves herself, and ultimately the women of the kingdom, from execution by recounting a continuous sequence of interlinked stories over the course of 1,001 nights.
Life Path 4 — Stability & Hard Work: Reliable, disciplined, and exceptionally organized.
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Root element "Scheherazade" emerges in Multiple origins tradition, carrying the core meaning "A female given name from Persian.".
Used in English literary and religious texts, spreading through cultural exchange.
Carried across regions through trade, religion, and migration. Multiple spelling variants develop.
Standardized in its current form. Continues to be used across multiple cultures worldwide.
~48 people named Scheherazade in the US. Peaked in 1968 with 8 recorded uses.
The Life Path number for Scheherazade is 4, associated with Stability & Hard Work. Soul Urge: 8. Personality: 5.
Scheherazade is Predominantly Female. Based on US data, 0% male and 100% female.
Approximately 48 people in the United States are named Scheherazade. The name peaked in 1968 with 8 recorded uses.
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