Shokhrukh
The name means "king's face": a royal countenance. Only around 100 men in Poland carry it, all of them male, so most Poles have never met one.
Shokhrukh Pronunciation
What Shokhrukh means
Where Shokhrukh comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Shokhrukh comes from the Persian Shāhrokh, built from shah, king, and rukh, face. The short meaning follows plainly: royal face, king's face. Persian carried the name east into Uzbek and Tajik, where Shokhrukh became the settled spelling.
Its most documented bearer ruled from Herat. Shah Rukh held the Timurid Empire from 1405 to 1447, a son of the conqueror Timur. Under him Herat and Samarkand drew astronomers and manuscript painters, and the workshops of that court outlasted the reign. The name a ruler carried came to mark an era.
On a Polish class register, the name stands out among the Kamils and Zuzannas. A clerk at the urząd may pause at the cluster of consonants before writing it down. What the four letters at the front spell is simple, and old: twarz króla.
How many people are named Shokhrukh
1 in 199497 men in Poland is named Shokhrukh. 107 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3303 among male names.