Throughout the world, شیرین (Shirin 
, Chirine 
, Şirin 
) is a common principally female, but scarcely masculine given name. The forename شیرین is characteristic of Lebanon, where it is quite a common feminine name, Mauritius, and Bangladesh, where it is quite a common predominantly female, but scarcely male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Southern Asia, particularly India, Bangladesh, and Iran. Very seldom, شیرین is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Shirin | Iran, India, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Turkey |
| Chirine | Tunisia, Algeria, United Arab Emirates, United States, Lebanon |
| Şirin | Iraq, United States, Azerbaijan, Germany, Turkey |
| شیرین | Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey |
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شیرین گیلد British fashion designer, IR (b. 1946) |
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شیرین عبادی Iranian lawyer, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, IR (b. 1947) |
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شیرین یزدانبخش Iranian actress, IR (b. 1949) |
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شیرین نشاط Iranian artist, film director, and photographer, IR (b. 1957) |
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شیرین بینا Iranian actress, IR (b. 1964) |
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شیرین عابدینیراد Iranian artist, IR (b. 1986) |
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| شیرین بیانی Iranian historian and faculty, IR (b. 1938) |
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| شیرین هانتر Iranian political scientist, IR (b. 1945) |
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| شیرین وحیدی Iranian film editor, IR (b. 1952) |
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| شیرین آقارضاکاشی Iranian actress, IR (b. 1957) |
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| شیرین علیآبادی Iranian artist, IR (b. 1973) |
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| شیرین نظام مافی Japanese-Iranian writer, IR (b. 1979) |
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| شیرین مقدم makeup artist, IR (b. 1980) |
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| شیرین محسنی Afghan politician, AF (b. 1980) |
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| شیرین علمهولی Iranian politician, IR (b. 1981) |
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