Shahnoor
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shah-NOOR
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Shahnoor is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “royal light”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Shahnoor mean?
Persian: Persian shah 'king' with Arabic nur 'light'
“royal light”
Is Shahnoor a girl's or a boy's name?
Shahnoor is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shahnoor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Shahnoor, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Shahnoor of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Shahnoor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
Names like Shahnoor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya, Safa, Mahnoor, Saanvi, Ayah, Noor, Gurnoor, Mehar, Rehmat, Sharvi, Aadhya, Ayat
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shahnoor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shahnoor, updated 20 October 2026.