Entry № 2187 · Persian origin

Shaghayegh Shaghayegh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ shah-gah-YEHG /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Persian

Meaning

"Poppy (Persian)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (Persian)

The meaning

A name that means "poppy (persian)".

Shaghayegh (شقایق) is the Persian word for **the red poppy** (Papaver) — the wildflower that carpets Iranian fields each spring. A poetic Iranian feminine name evoking the brief intense beauty of the flower.

Used widely in modern Iran.

Poppy. The Persian wildflower.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

شقایق

Transliteration: Šaqāyeq
Pronunciation: / ʃəɡəˈjɛɡ /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Shaghayegh stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Shaghayegh · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Shaghayeghs before her.

Real people

Shaghayegh Farahani

Iranian actress.

born 1979

In fiction

Shaghayegh

Common in Persian poetry.

Names connected to Shaghayegh.

Numerology

The number behind Shaghayegh.

The Builder

Shaghayegh reduces to four — the number of Persian poppy.

Parents on Shaghayegh

Why families chose this name.

"Persian poppy. Ten letters. Shaghayegh."

Soraya · Mother of one · Tehran