Shaukat

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Шаукат in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, UA Ukraine and 1 more and Shawkat in TR Türkiye, IQ Iraq.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Shaukat is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name56K records spelled Shaukat3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States

  Also written S̲h̲aukat, Shău̇kăt

• Turkish given name143 records spelled Shaukat3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Shău̇kăt

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Shaukat is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• dignity; grandeur;

  as a name·Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

• Grandeur,

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 96 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ali Shaukatb. 1897INfield hockey player (1897–1960)
• Shaukat Thanvib. 1904PKPakistani writer
• Shaukatullah Shah Ansarib. 1908INnot in their usual nameIndian politician
• Shaukat Hussain Rizvib. 1914PKPakistani actor, film producer and film director
• Shaukat Hayat Khanb. 1915INMember of the Punjab Assembly (1915-1998)
• Shaukat Siddiquib. 1923PKPakistani writer
• Şäwkät Ğäliefb. 1928RUnot in their usual namepoet (1928–2011)
• Shaukat Kaifib. 1928INIndian actress
• Shaukat Azizb. 1949PKPakistani banker and politician (born 1949)
• Shaukat Tarinb. 1953PKPakistani politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 236 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Shaukat?

We estimate roughly 619 people bear Shaukat (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Shaukat have the most bearers?

Shaukat is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled shaukat.

How common is Shaukat compared with other names?

In Pakistan, Shaukat is the 30th most common given name of 75,254 given names recorded there.

Is Shaukat a male or female name?

Shaukat is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Shaukat mean?

Recorded meaning: desired