Shahla (given name)
Shahla is a feminine given name used throughout the Muslim world.
It is based on the feminine form of the Arabic adjective أَشْهَل in the sense "whose eyes have شُهْلَة ", which is said to have meant "a blue or greenish hue" in Classical Arabic, or "black with some blueness in them". Some sources also say "black with redness". Others say the name means "dark-grey-eyed", "hazel-eyed", or simply "who has beautiful eyes".
The colloquial Arabic spelling of the name omits the hamza, thus rendering شهلا, with the stress on the first syllable. Incidentally, omission of the final hamza is also the standard in Persian and Urdu.
Alternate transcriptions include: Chahla, Chahlaa, Chehla, Chehlaa, Shehla, Shehlaa, Shahlaa.
People
Shahla
- Shahla Aghapour, Iranian artist, author and gallery director
- Shahla Arbabi, Iranian-born American artist
- Shahla Ata, Afghan politician
- Shahla Behrouzirad, Iranian paracanoer
- Shahla Habibi, Iranian advisor
- Shahla Humbatova, Azerbaijani human rights lawyer
- Shahla Jahed, Iranian nurse
- Shahla Khatun, Bangladeshi physician and professor
- Shahla Lahiji, Iranian writer, publisher, translator, and publishing house director
- Shahla Riahi, Iranian actress and film director
- Shahla Sherkat, Iranian journalist, author, and activist
- Shahla Ujayli, Syrian writer
- Shahla Safi Zamir, Iranian singer
- Shahla Zia, Pakistani lawyer and activist
Chahla
- Chahla Benmokhtar, Algerian volleyball player
- Chahla Chafiq, Iranian writer and sociologist
Shahlo
- Shahlo Mahmudova, Uzbekistani politician
Shehla
- Shehla Gill, Pakistani actress
- Shehla Masood, Indian environmentalist, wildlife and Right to Information activist
- Shehla Pervin, Indian-American breast cancer specialist
- Shehla Rashid, Indian human rights activist
- Shehla Raza, Pakistani politician