Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Sherine Name Meaning in Islam
Sweet.
- Meaning
- Sweet. Arabicised form of the Persian Shirin. The legendary Shirin was the beloved of Khusraw in Nizami's poem Khusraw and Shirin
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Urdu
- شیرین
- Meaning in Urdu
- میٹھا
- Pronunciation
- she-RI-ne
- Lucky number
- 3
Is Sherine an Islamic name? On the site's editorial reading, yes (this is not a religious ruling): Sherine is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Sweet. The legendary Shirin was the beloved of Khusraw in Nizami's poem Khusraw and Shirin. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
Persian origin, shīrīn, sweet, charming, beloved. Khusraw's queen Shīrīn is the heroine of Nizami's Khamsa, eternal beloved of Persian-Turkish poetry.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Shin radiant light, Ya reaching, Ra mercy, Ya reaching, Nun depth.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Sherine is grounded in earth, the element of stability, patience, and quiet holding. The letters ask their bearer to be reliable rather than showy, to keep the household of the heart in order. Stitched through this reading is Al-Shakur, the Appreciative, meaning the person carries a way of noticing and honouring small kindnesses. A person named Sherine builds ground under other people's lives.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
The Arabicised form of the Persian شیرین (Shirin), sweet, from the Middle Persian shirin. In classical Persian poetry Shirin is the legendary Armenian princess beloved by the Sasanian king Khusraw II, whose story Nizami retold as one of the Khamsa (the Five Treasures).
The name is honoured in the modern Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab, whose voice made the name internationally known. The Nizami epic remains the reference point for the name's classical meaning.
Sherine is widely used across Egypt, the Levant, and the North African diaspora. It asks that a daughter carry the sweetness the classical Persian tradition prized above other beauties.
How to Pronounce Sherine
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Variants of this name
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Names sharing the ي Ya influence
Like Sherine, these names carry Ya (ي) as the dominant letter of their Arabic spelling.
Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Sherine
What does the name Sherine mean?
The letters of Sherine, beginning with Sheen, each carry a separate quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Sherine? →
Is Sherine mentioned in the Quran?
Quranic vocabulary lies behind a large share of Muslim names, Sherine included where its root appears. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Sherine mean in Urdu?
Urdu kept the Arabic letter meanings alive through poetry and scholarship, they still sit under Sherine. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Sherine a good Islamic name?
The full letter-by-letter reading of Sherine sits above: jump to the letters reading ↑
Is Sherine a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Sherine in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is Ilm ul Huroof, the classical Islamic science of letters in the line of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. Every Arabic letter under Sherine is an ontological principle, not just a sound. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
What names go perfectly with Sherine as a sibling name?
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Is Sherine a rare or common Muslim name?
Different communities, different forms of Sherine. See all spelling variants above ↑, or browse all names →
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