Entry № 1874 · Persian origin

Chand Bibi Chand Bibi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHAHND BEE-bee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Moon lady (Ahmadnagar regent vs Akbar)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (Persian)

A name that means "moon lady (ahmadnagar regent vs akbar)".

Chand Bibi (1550-1599) combines the Persian chānd (moon) and bibi (lady). The Muslim regent of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate who personally led the defense of Ahmadnagar Fort against Mughal Emperor Akbar's army in 1595 — riding in armor with sword drawn, she repaired breaches in the wall by night. Forced Akbar to negotiate a peace that preserved the Deccan from Mughal conquest for years.

Featured on a 1990 Indian postage stamp.

Moon lady. Personally led the defense of Ahmadnagar against Akbar.

The name in its native script.

چاند بی بی
Transliteration
Chānd Bībī
Pronunciation
/ tʃɑːnd ˈbiː.bi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Chand Bibi stands.

Chand Bibi does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Chand Bibis before her.

Real people
Chand Bibi
Regent of Ahmadnagar.
1550 – 1599
In fiction
Chand Bibi
Subject of Deccan historical novels.

Names connected to Chand Bibi.

The number behind Chand Bibi.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Chand Bibi reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.