Shabnuma as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shabnuma

What is the meaning of the name Shabnuma ?

The baby name Shabnuma is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced shab-NOO-mah (approx. /ʃæbˈnuːmə/).

Shabnuma is Persian in Origin.

Shabnuma is a feminine name of Persian–Urdu formation. From shab “night” plus the suffix -numa (Persian/Urdu نما, “resembling; having the aspect of”), it signifies “night-like,” suggesting moonlit serenity, softness, and a quietly luminous presence.

In usage it appears mainly in South Asian Muslim communities - Pakistan, North India, and the diaspora - where Persianic compounds are popular in modern coinages. The name is uncommon and not prominent in classical Persian records, but is built from well-established elements familiar through names such as Shabnam and Shabana. Variant transliterations include Shab-numa, Shabnumah, and Shabnoma; related forms and analogues are Shabnam (“dew”), Shabnoor/Shebnoor (“light of the night”), and Shabana (“nocturnal”). Pronounced SHUB-noo-mah. Note the distinction from shab-nāma/shabnāmah (“night letter; pamphlet”), which uses -nāma “book, letter,” a different suffix from -numa “-like.”

⚙ Shabnuma is absent from every birth registry and name dataset we follow. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. Either way, it's a name very few children share.