Shireen? What do you think?

[sliversloth]

What do you think of the girls name Shireen?

Game of Thrones. Burnt at the stake.

I would think its not a name...

Yup, it just makes me think of the poor little girl from GoT who was burnt at the stake by her crazy parents.

It’s a no from me.

It means sweetie in my language, if we see something sweet or call children sweetheart we would say "shireen/shireenak"

Take that away from my thinking, I don't really think it's a nice name tbh

Scarred by a horrendous childhood disease and then publicly burned at the stake by her parents.

Not a great story behind the name.

Terrible

Terrible.

I love it. It’s very game of thrones, but nowhere near as bad as khaleesi. I’d use it.

I know a Sherene who is thoroughly lovely, but I would not go with the GOT spelling.

I've never seen game of thrones, I knew there was a character called Shireen but I didn't know anything about it. Not a great story but surely people will forget about it a few years down the line

It’s an Persian name (Shirin).

‘An’ Persian? Duh.

@meganxzjoon 😉

I know a Shireen - in her mid 50s. Of Persian descent.

I'd think you meant charlene

Different name.

I know it was a name long before Game of Thrones, but the first thing I think of is the character who was murdered by her religious fanatic parents.

I've been looking for Persian names so that's partly why I've been thinking about using Shireen but it's had very negative comments so maybe not

Sounds like something from a sewing machine, sorry.

I do think of GOT but I like it.

Ok if you're from the Glasgow area then its slang for your fanny. So no.

I knew a Sherene and Sirin when I was growing up both pronouced the same way. I think it's a lovely name but I don't like the way you've spelt it.

My neighbour ( aged in her 20s) is called Shireen, close family call her Reen and Reenie. I like it.

I love it, it's the name of a childhood friend. There was another girl in my year at school with the same name. They would both be in their mid 30s now. I don't consider it to be a rare or unusual name, I'm surprised at the reaction of some posters.

Pretty sure it was the name of Rose Tyler’s friend on Doctor Who
I’d go with it’s a bit chav but feel free to ignore me