Sheherezade - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Sheherezade \

is of Arabic, Farsi and Persian origin, and its meaning is "city dweller". In "A Thousand and One Arabian Nights", Sheherazade tells one tale to her royal husband each night. Having been betrayed by his first wife, the husband had resolved to marry a different virgin each day, and kill at dawn. So fascinating were Sheherazade's stories, however, that the king let her live so that he could keep hearing them. He eventually fell in love with her.

Sheherezade has 4 variant forms: Scheherezade, Shahrazad, Sharazad and Sharizad.

Sheherezade is an uncommon first name for women and an equally uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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