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Across the world, Shahriyar (شهريار
, Shahriyar
, Шахрияр
) is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely female first name. The first name Shahriyar is characteristic of Azerbaijan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Bangladesh, where it is a rare male name, and Iraq, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Bangladesh, Iran, and Egypt. Much less frequently, Shahriyar is the last name as well as the forename.