Shervan, which is pronounced ʃɛrvæːn, is a popular name derived from the Persian language. The word is spelled with the Latin letter "S", followed by "h" which denotes the voiceless palato-alveolar fricative sound in IPA transcription as /ʃ/. The next three letters, "e", "r", and "v", stand for the vowel sound /ɛ/, the consonant sound /ɹ/, and the vowel sound /v/ respectively. Finally, the last two letters, "a" and "n", represent the vowel sound /æ/ and the nasal consonant sound /n/ respectively.
The word "Shervan" is of Persian origin. It is derived from the Persian word "shirvān" (شیروان), which refers to the historical region of Shirvan located in present-day Azerbaijan. The name Shirvan has different interpretations, with one possible meaning being "land of lions" or "lion's share" in Persian. "Shervan" is an alternative transliteration of the same term.