# Scheherazade

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ʃəˌhɛɹəˈzɑːd(ə)/ · frequency rank #81,799

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Persian.
2. A fictional character, the wife and storyteller of the king Shahryar in One Thousand and One Nights.

## Etymology
Borrowed from German Scheherazade, from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Classical Persian شَهْرَازَاد (šahrāzād), alternative form of شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād); either a reborrowing from Arabic شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād) from Middle Persian *čihrāzād⁠, equivalent to New Persian چهر (čihr /čehr, “lineage”) + آزاد (āzād /âzâd, “noble”), or a compound of شهر (šahr, “city”) + زاد (zād /zâd, “child of”), in which case there was likely no reborrowing through Arabic involved.
Given name popularized by the fictional character below.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/scheherazade