Shahzad
Origin
Urdu
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
prince, son of the king (Persian); pure Persianate court vocabulary carried into Urdu, the same register that gives shahzadi for princess; a fathers'-generation classic more than a 2020s pick
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Shahzad has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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