Shahana
Shahana means Calm, gentle, royal.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Malayalam |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Starts with | S |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Calm, gentle, royal”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Aarav — Meanings families give: Peaceful, calm; Peaceful, calm, wise; Peaceful sound, wisdom; Calm, peaceful
- Aarush — Meanings families give: First ray of sun; First ray of the winter sun, calm radiance
- Arush — First ray of sun, calm
- Soumya — Meanings families give: Mild, gentle, pleasing and of pleasant nature; Gentle, soft, moon-like, calm; Gentle, calm; moon-faced; graceful; Gentle, pleasing, soft, cool
- Nirav — Meanings families give: Quiet, silent, calm; Quiet, calm, without sound; Silent, quiet, serene
- Mounika — Meanings families give: Silence, scholarly; Silent, calm, meditative
More girls' names of Malayalam origin
Where this comes from
Shahana has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.