Shireen
Girl name · 6 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Shireen: 6 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 3 births in 1988.
Shireen is a Persian name, derived from Shirin, meaning "sweet" or "pleasant," and has long been used across the Middle East and South Asia. Its best-known modern bearer is Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian-American journalist killed while reporting in 2022, whose name became a global symbol of press freedom. In popular culture, Shireen Baratheon appears in George R. R. Martin's *Game of Thrones* as a gentle, tragic princess. While the name shares no direct Scottish place connections, its variant Shirin appears in place names across Iran and Central Asia. A notable detail: Shireen has seen modest but consistent use in Scotland since the 1980s, reflecting the country’s multicultural naming trends, though it remains far less common than in its home regions.
Girl 2 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 19883 babies
- Latest (1990)
- #6153 babies
- Total births
- 6since 1988
- 5-year trend
- ≈ stablevs prior 5y