Shihabuldeen as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shihabuldeen

What is the meaning of the name Shihabuldeen ?

The baby name Shihabuldeen is a Male name and is pronounced shee-HAAB-uhl-DEEN (approx. IPA: /ʃiːˈhɑːb adˈdiːn/).

Shihabuldeen is Arabic in Origin.

Shihabuldeen is a South Asian transliteration of the Arabic compound Shihab al-Din (شهاب الدين). Shihab means “meteor, flaming brand, shooting star,” while al-Din means “of the faith/religion,” yielding the sense “meteor of the faith” or “bright flame of religion.” As a laqab-style honorific used as a given name, it signals brilliance, guidance, and devotion to religious learning.

Attested across the medieval Islamic world, the name was borne by scholars, Sufis, and rulers, including Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi (12th-century philosopher-mystic), Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Ghori (Ghurid sultan), and Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri (Mamluk encyclopedist). Today it remains common from the Middle East to South and Southeast Asia. Variants include Shihabuddin, Shihab-ud-Din, Shahabuddin, Shehabuddin, Shihabul Din, and the classical form Shihab al-Din; regional spellings appear as Syihabuddin (Indonesian/Malay) and Şihabüddin (Turkish).

⚙ Shihabuldeen does not appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. This usually means it's either extremely rare, a regional/traditional name not captured by official statistics, or a brand-new coinage. Use it knowing your child will almost certainly be the only one in the room.