Shireen?

[frazzledoldbag34]

Am addicted to 'The Riches' and love the name 'Shireen' from it. But could one call a baby this? And does it sound a bit, ahem, [dare I say it] chav? Or is it elegant and unusual?
Please advise oh wise Mumsnetters!

Not even for the hamster? Surely it's not THAT bad!

Actually........Shireen is a lovely name! I have a friend Shireen and shes beautiful and exotic! Claudia? Annabel? Abigail? Just name it Britney slap a burberry tracksuit on her and get it over with.

I know a fabulously funny and quirky Shireen, for that reason alone, i love it

Shireen is actually a popular Iranian girl's name, so not made up in case you were wondering.

My sister's name is Shereen, Should have been spelt shireen. But when family moved to england dad let her spell it how she wanted! I prefer her spelling! Its not chavvey at all!

My sister is stunningly beautiful, unique artistic funny and genrally wonderfull!

Ive met a couple of shireens, but only one Shereen! :D

Ricky on Eastenders had a girlfriend called Shireen, of Middle Eastern heritage iirc.

My friend has a lil girl called shireen. I f you like it go wth it its your choice no 1 elses.I called my baby Tahlia which i know some people disliked but i dont care i like it.

it depends - if it's a name which is used in your culture then it's ok - if you are white (making assumptions here... and your child will be white British) then no, sounds pikey, she would have to have gold hoop ear rings and a pink buggy with a name like Shireen....

An ex mner had a little girl called Shireen iirc.

frazzle - The name is "Shirin". It is Persian and Turkish. Look up the legend of "Farhad and Shirin".

It means "cute".

I abhor made up spellings. If you go with this name, please use the real spelling.

I am currently reading "Samarkand" by Amin Maalouf.
Last night, a new character was introduced, Shireen a beautiful Persian princess, and I thought that that was a lovely name.
And not chavvy

It's amazing how people are so quick to judge what is 'chavvy' and what isn't. it would be nice if people could just do a google search before condemning a name that is thousands of years old and means 'sweet'.

I love it. It's a very traditional afghan, Pakistani, Indian name. It means sweet like the poster above said. There is a very popular Pashto song on it played at almost all Pashtun weddings.

Just because you haven't heard of a name doesn't mean its chavvy or made up. I hate the term chav

I always thought it was spelt Cyrene.

CoteDAzur how do u knw the correct spelling. Most people just write it I English how it sounds that's why there are so many variations like Amir Aamir Amer etc

In English in English

Nah, it's Iranian. Shirin/Shereen/Shireen spellings all come from it not originally being written down in the Roman alphabet, so it'll have been interpreted into English a few different ways. It doesn't mean one spelling is better than another. It's lovely, but she may get idiots helpful people insisting she can't spell Sharon when she's learning to write her name.

Shireen is too much like a cross between Shirley and Doreen.

Annabel is lovely though :)

It's Persian i.e. Iranian, and therefore now also a Parsi name (as the Parsis come from Persia originally).
( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsi )

Used to know a Dr with that name - really nice girl.

Nasty nasty nasty., Just don't., Choose a real name., Please.,

agree with openerofjars, since it's Near Eastern in origin it was originally written in Arabic script, so there is no "proper" English spelling. Just a series of different transliterations as people tried to represent the name using Roman script.

Shirin, Shireen, Shereen are all correct... same as Riyadh, which is equally correct as Ri'aad, Riyad, Reehad, etc.

It might sound chavvy or made up but it's not, it's a lovely traditional Arabic name. i know two very elegant Shireens. I think if someone with absolutely no Near Eastern heritage uses it, it can seem a bit strange, but that would be my only reservation.

I know a fabulous, quirky, fun-loving Shereen (she's not Asian and hadn't ever realised that it's an Asian name). It's a world away from Claudia and Annabel, although all are lovely (just very very different).

lisaro each to their own. i happen to think it's an absolutely beautiful name. apart from having thousands of years of history to it- 4th century AD is the first reference. not sure why it isn't a real name, in your opinion.
you may want to read up before you're so hasty to condemn decry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirin

sorry, making it clicky. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirin]]