The baby name Shaistakhan is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ˈʃaɪstə kɑːn/; respelling: SHY-stuh-kahn.
Shaistakhan is Persian in Origin.
The baby name Shaistakhan is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ˈʃaɪstə kɑːn/; respelling: SHY-stuh-kahn.
Shaistakhan is Persian in Origin.
Shaistakhan is a Persian–Turkic compound found in South Asian Muslim naming. It joins Persian shaista (شائستہ), meaning “polite, refined, cultured,” with the Turkic title khan, “chief, ruler.” Together the sense is “refined leader” or “cultured chief.” The form reflects Urdu and Bengali usage shaped by Persianate court culture.
As a personal name, it echoes Mughal honorific compounds and is closely associated with the 17th‑century Mughal statesman and Bengal governor known as Shaista Khan. Today it appears as a masculine given name or two‑part personal name in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India; the concatenated form is common in modern records. Spelling varies by transliteration: Shaista Khan (two words), Shayesta Khan, Shaistha Khan, and hyphenated Shaista‑Khan. Related forms include Shaista (often feminine) and the widespread surname Khan.
Shaistakhan is exceptionally rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 2 recorded uses, across 1 country.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
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