Names
Persian first names
674 first names with meaning and spelling in Persian script: from Old Persian and the Shahnameh to today.
A
- Amitisآمیتیس ♀ Median princess, wife of Nebuchadnezzar
- Anahitaآناهیتا ♀ the immaculate one; ancient Iranian goddess of water and fertility
- Ariaآریا ⚥ noble; the name of the ancient Iranian peoples
- Arianaآریانا ♀ land of the Aryans; old name of Iran and Afghanistan
- Artemisآرتمیس ♀ name of a female admiral and queen of Halicarnassus in Xerxes’ army
- Asenaآسنا ♀ she-wolf, ancestral mother in Turkic legend
- Atoosaآتوسا ♀ Atossa, daughter of Cyrus the Great and Achaemenid queen
- Azarmidokhtآزرمیدخت ♀ Sasanian queen
E
M
P
R
S
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.