Forename Shāh

In all the world, Shāh (Shah , بهلوي , Shāh) is a widespread primarily male, but scarcely feminine first name. The given name Shāh is characteristic of Pakistan, where it is a common male name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a common principally masculine, but very seldom female name, and Mongolia (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Southern Asia, particularly Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. More prevalently, Shāh is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Shāh

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Shah	Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia
بهلوي	Yemen, Syria, Iran

First names said to be same

Schah

First name Shāh in the context

Shāh is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shah Noshirwan , the fictional analogue of Persian monarch Khosrau I, Shâh Noshirwân, King of Persia and Shah of Persia , the musical character in the musical Paradise Found by Johann Strauss II.