Shehryar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shehr-YAHR
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Shehryar is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “king, sovereign”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Shehryar mean?
Persian: spelling of Shahryar
“king, sovereign”
Shahryar is the king in the One Thousand and One Nights to whom Scheherazade tells her stories.
Is Shehryar a girl's or a boy's name?
Shehryar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shehryar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Shehryar, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 9 boys.
2025 had more boys named Shehryar than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Shehryar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Shehryar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
Names like Shehryar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shivansh, Aarav, Krishiv, Avyaan, Gurbaaz, Aveer, Vihaan, Ivaan, Avi, Nirvair, Advik, Shivay
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Shehryar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shehryar, updated 20 October 2026.