Shabaz
Boy name · 9 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Shabaz: 9 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to boys, peaking at 3 births in 1982.
Shabaz has Persian origins, derived from *shah* (king) and *bāz* (falcon), so the name means “royal falcon” or “king’s falcon.” One well-known bearer is Shabaz Khan, the British actor who played Masood’s cousin in *EastEnders*. In politics, Shabaz Rizvi is a prominent Pakistani politician and founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik, though his name is more often spelled Shehbaz. There are no major places directly named after a Shabaz, but the root *shah* appears in many place names across Persia and South Asia. Variant spellings include Shahbaz and Shehbaz, the latter famously used by Shehbaz Sharif, the current Prime Minister of Pakistan. In Scotland, the name has been given to babies of South Asian heritage, reflecting the nation’s growing cultural diversity.
Boy 3 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 19823 babies
- Latest (1987)
- #3273 babies
- Total births
- 9since 1982
- 5-year trend
- ≈ stablevs prior 5y