Scheherezade Name Meaning

The name Scheherezade is of Persian origin and means "city dweller" or "pure." It is most commonly associated with the legendary storyteller Scheherazade from the collection of Middle Eastern folk tales known as One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights).

In the stories, Scheherazade is a clever and resourceful woman who devises a plan to save herself from being executed by the king by telling him captivating stories every night and leaving them unfinished, so he spares her life to hear the end of the story the next night.