Names
Persian first names
190 first names with meaning and spelling in Persian script: from Old Persian and the Shahnameh to today.
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- Afarinآفرین ♀ praise, bravo; creation
- Afsanehافسانه ♀ legend, fairy tale
- Anahitaآناهیتا ♀ the immaculate one; ancient Iranian goddess of water and fertility
- Arezooآرزو ♀ wish, longing
- Ariaآریا ⚥ noble; the name of the ancient Iranian peoples
- Asalعسل ♀ honey
- Atoosaآتوسا ♀ Atossa, daughter of Cyrus the Great and Achaemenid queen
- Avaآوا ♀ voice, sound
- Avinآوین ♀ love (Kurdish)
- Azadehآزاده ♀ free, noble, upright
- Azarآذر ♀ fire; ninth month of the Persian calendar
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- Mahboubehمحبوبه ♀ beloved
- Mahdisمهدیس ♀ moon-like
- Mahnazمهناز ♀ grace of the moon
- Mahsaمهسا ♀ moon-like, beautiful as the moon
- Mahtabمهتاب ♀ moonlight
- Manijehمنیژه ♀ beloved of Bijan in the Shahnameh
- Maryamمریم ♀ Mary; also the name of a flower (tuberose)
- Mehriمهری ♀ loving, kind
- Mehrnazمهرناز ♀ love and grace
- Melikaملیکا ♀ queen
- Minaمینا ♀ enamel, azure glass; the blue sky
- Mitraمیترا ♀ Mithra, ancient Iranian deity of light and covenant
- Mojganمژگان ♀ eyelashes
- Monaمونا ♀ wish
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- Sabaصبا ♀ gentle morning breeze
- Sadafصدف ♀ seashell, mother-of-pearl
- Saharسحر ♀ dawn
- Samiraسمیرا ♀ companion in evening conversation
- Saraسارا ♀ pure, flawless
- Sepidehسپیده ♀ first light of morning
- Setarehستاره ♀ star
- Shabnamشبنم ♀ dew
- Shadiشادی ♀ joy
- Shahrzadشهرزاد ♀ Scheherazade, the storyteller of the Thousand and One Nights
- Shirinشیرین ♀ sweet; the beloved of Khosrow and Farhad
- Shivaشیوا ♀ eloquent
- Siminسیمین ♀ silvery
- Sorayaثریا ♀ the Pleiades
- Sudabehسودابه ♀ wife of Kay Kavus in the Shahnameh
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Persian names abroad
Many families in the diaspora look for a name that sounds Persian and is also easy to pronounce in English, German or French, such as Darya, Sara, Kian or Arman. Registry offices use the Latin spelling; there is no single correct transliteration, so we show common variants. Names marked ⚥ are used for girls and boys.