Shahin
Shahin is a male or female given name, and a surname. It is also a Persian adjective meaning "majestic" or "kingly", and is the term in that language for a type of peregrine falcon. "Shah" means "king", and "īn" is a suffix meaning "having the qualities of" or "made of". Linguists said that the Persian word شاهین "Shaheen" is derived from the older world سئن "SA'EN", meaning a big bird of prey.
- Persian
- Arabic
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Shahin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shahin is a male or female given name, and a surname. It is also a Persian adjective meaning "majestic" or "kingly", and is the term in that language for a type of peregrine falcon. "Shah" means "king", and "īn" is a suffix meaning "having the qualities of" or "made of". Linguists said that the Persian word شاهین "Shaheen" is derived from the older world سئن "SA'EN", meaning a big bird of prey.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Persian
- Arabic
- Bengali
The Story of Shahin
The earliest SSA record of Shahin as a baby boy name dates back to 1978, when 9 babies received it. 1989 was its biggest year on record, with 19 newborns named Shahin — #3,094 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Shahin on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Shahin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 319 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Shahin
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About the name Shahin
Shahin is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 319 births in the dataset. Shahin's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #3,094. Use the chart and map above to compare Shahin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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