Names from Iran and the wider Persianate world, often poetic.
353 names
353 names
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Rayan Parsa is a Persian boy name pairing with a gentle, modern sound. The available source material does not give a verified etymology for Rayan, while Parsa is presented here as part of the child’s Persian name context rather than as a separately sourced meaning claim.
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Arya is listed as an Iranian boy name meaning “Aryan.” Arya Behrouz has a distinctly Persian sound, with Arya carrying the clearest sourced meaning.
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Sina is a masculine Persian name closely associated with Abu Ali Sina, known in the West as Avicenna. The name is linked to the Persian form of Sinai, with a possible older meaning of “thorny” through Semitic roots.
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Navid Kamyar is a Persian boy's name pairing Navid with Kamyar, a name associated with being capable, able, successful, and prosperous. Together, it has a bright, achievement-minded feel.
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Pouya is a Persian boy name associated with movement, questing, seeking, and an energetic spirit. Pouya Saman has a smooth, bright sound with a thoughtful Persian feel.
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Arman Kaveh is a Persian boy's name combination with an aspirational, heroic feel. The strongest documented meaning comes from Kaveh, the legendary Persian blacksmith associated with courage, justice, and resistance to tyranny.
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Siavash Darius is a Persian boy name combining Siavash, “the one with black stallions,” with Darius, “holding firm the good.” Together, it feels noble, poetic, and deeply rooted in Persian history and legend.
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Kourosh is a Persian boy name meaning “Lord of the sun,” and it is the Persian form historically translated as Cyrus. Iman is used here as the second name, giving Kourosh Iman a dignified, warm sound with a distinctly Persian feel.
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Samyar is a Persian boy name commonly interpreted as “good friend” or “excellent companion.” Paired with Farhad, it has a warm, loyal, storybook feel.
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Shayan Maziar is a Persian masculine name pairing. The provided sources identify Shayan as a Persian name and Maziar, also spelled Mazyar, as a Persian masculine forename.
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Bardia is a Persian boy name associated with nobility, high rank, courage, and royal bearing. Paired with Nima, it has a calm, distinguished sound with a gentle modern feel.
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Radin Soheil is a Persian boy's name pairing Radin with Soheil, a documented male given name of Persian origin. The supplied sources confirm Soheil's Persian use, while Radin's exact given-name meaning is not confirmed in the provided material.
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Kasra Behnam is a Persian boys' name with a dignified, quietly confident feel. Behnam means “honorable,” “distinguished,” “reputable,” or “acclaimed,” from Persian elements meaning “good” and “name” or “reputation.”
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Ava Shirin pairs the graceful given name Ava with Shirin, a Persian name meaning “sweet” or “pleasant.” Together, it gives the feeling of a gentle, bright girl with a kind spirit.
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Arvin Shahin pairs the given name Arvin with Shahin, a Persian name and surname meaning “majestic” or “kingly” and also the Persian word for a type of peregrine falcon. The Shahin element carries the clearest documented meaning: royal, falcon-like strength.
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Darya Anahita is a Persian girl name centered on Anahita, an ancient Avestan name meaning "immaculate" or "unblemished." It carries strong water imagery through Anahita, the Iranian goddess associated with water, fertility, wisdom, healing, and purification.
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Raha Setareh is a Persian girl name built around Setareh, which means “star” or “fate.” The meaning of Raha is not confirmed in the provided sources, so the safest reading is a graceful Persian name with a bright, starry second element.
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Mahtab Parisa is a Persian girls' name meaning “moonlight, fairy-like.” Mahtab means “moonlight” or “splendor of the moon,” and Parisa means “fairy-like.”
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Golnar is a Persian girl name meaning “pomegranate flower,” from gol, “flower,” and nār, “pomegranate.” Golnar Yeganeh has a graceful, distinctly Persian sound with a floral, fruit-tree image at its heart.
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Laleh Nazanin is a Persian girl name with a tender, affectionate feel. Nazanin means “sweetheart,” “lovely,” “darling,” or “delightful,” giving the full name a graceful, cherished quality.
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Taraneh is Persian for “song” or “melody.” For Taraneh Shadi, the supported meaning centers on musical beauty, poetic feeling, and a name that sounds gentle and expressive.
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Roxana comes from an Old Iranian root meaning "bright" or "shining." Yasaman is a Persian floral name, closely related to Yasamin, meaning "jasmine flower."
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Sahar Negar combines the Arabic-origin Sahar, meaning “just before dawn,” with the Persian Negar, meaning “beloved” or “sweetheart.” Together, it has the gentle sense of “beloved dawn” or “sweetheart of the morning.”
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Mina Soraya is a Persian girl’s name with a bright, celestial feeling. Soraya comes from Thurayyā or Suraya, the Arabic name for the Pleiades star cluster, and is used in both Arabic and Persian.
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Roya Marjan is a Persian girl name meaning “dream coral” or “vision and coral.” Roya means “dream” or “vision,” while Marjan means “coral,” with some sources also connecting it to “pearl.”
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Nika Mahsa is a Persian girl name pairing Nika with Mahsa, a Persian name meaning “moon-like” or “like the moon.” Together, it feels bright, graceful, and quietly strong.
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Anisa Katayoun is a graceful Persian girl name pairing the gentle sound of Anisa with Katayoun, a classic Iranian name associated with purity, noble lineage, and royal dignity in Shahnameh tradition.
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Elika Bahar is a Persian girl’s name in which Bahar means “spring.” The meaning of Elika is not confirmed by the supplied sources, so the clearest grounded reading is “Elika Spring” or “Elika of spring.”
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Dana Shayan is a Persian unisex name often understood as “wise and worthy.” Dana carries a sense of wisdom, while Shayan adds the feeling of being deserving, fitting, or admirable.
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Arian Mehr is a Persian-style compound name associated with the idea of Aryan light or noble radiance. It echoes Aryamehr, a Persian title recorded as meaning "Light of the Aryans."
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Nikan is a Persian name connected to goodness, virtue, and beauty, from nik meaning good or beautiful. Nikan Aria has a gentle, lyrical sound and works well as a unisex Persian name.
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Radin Mehr is a unisex Persian name pairing Radin with Mehr. The supplied sources do not verify a specific etymological meaning for the full name, so its meaning should be treated with care unless confirmed by a Persian-language naming source or family tradition.
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Sasha means “defender” or “helper of mankind” through its connection to Alexander and Alexandra. Sasha Nima feels gentle and balanced, pairing Sasha’s protective meaning with the smooth Persian given name Nima.
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Baran Darya is a unisex Persian name pairing two nature-rich name elements. The supplied sources do not verify the Persian etymology, so its meaning should be treated with care rather than stated as a documented fact here.
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Mahoor Raha is presented here as a unisex Persian name, but the provided sources do not verify a specific etymology or literal meaning. Its sound gives a calm, lyrical impression, with Mahoor feeling musical and Raha feeling open and gentle.
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Mandana Kiana is a Persian girls' name pairing with a lyrical, flowing sound. The exact etymology and meaning are not confirmed by the provided sources, so the safest meaning is simply a Persian feminine name combination.
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Roshan Mehr is a Persian unisex name that can be read as “bright love,” “radiant kindness,” or “bright sun,” depending on how Mehr is understood. It has a clear, luminous sound with a gentle, thoughtful style.
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Kimia Avan is a soft, lyrical Persian unisex name. With the limited source material provided, its exact traditional meaning is not verified here, though Kimia is used in a modern chemical-intelligence context by the cited source.
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Nava Saman is a Persian unisex name pairing Nava, meaning “tune” or “tone,” with Saman, a name linked in Persian sources to jasmine, wealth, or abundance. Together, it suggests a gentle, musical name with a feeling of beauty, plenty, and grace.
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Ramin Kaveh Afshar is a Persian boy's name with a strong cultural feel. Kaveh recalls Kaveh the Blacksmith, the legendary Persian hero who rises against the tyrant Zahhak, while Afshar is a Persian-origin family name.
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Shervin Borna Yazdani is a Persian boy's name with a surname meaning “belonging to the deity.” The meanings of Shervin and Borna are not confirmed in the supplied sources, so the safest meaning to share is the verified Yazdani connection to Yazdan, “deity.”
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Parsa Keyvan Moradi is a Persian boy’s name. Parsa is commonly used as a Persian given name, Keyvan is a Persian name often treated as celestial in feel, and Moradi is a largely Iranian surname.
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Nima is a Persian given name used for boys and is described as meaning “just,” “fair,” “famous,” or “well known.” In other language traditions, Nima can also be connected with moon, sun, blessing, or grace meanings.
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Peyman Shahrokh Karimi is a Persian boy’s full name. The supplied sources support its Iranian or Persian cultural setting, but they do not give a verified meaning for the full name.
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Bamdad Soroush Nikfar is presented here as a Persian boy's full name. The provided sources support Persian and Iranian context for Soroush, but they do not give verified meanings for Bamdad, Soroush, or Nikfar.
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Omid Behzad Rostami is a Persian boy’s name usually understood as “hope, well-born, of Rostam.” It feels steady, poetic, and deeply tied to Persian naming style.
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Dariush Samyar Fathi is presented here as a Persian boy's full name. The supplied source excerpts do not verify a specific meaning for Dariush, Samyar, or Fathi, so the meaning should be treated as unconfirmed until checked with a Persian-language naming source or family elder.
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Mehrdad Siavash Kazemi is a Persian masculine full name. The provided source excerpts do not verify the name's literal etymology, so its meaning is best treated with care rather than stated as settled fact.
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Kourosh Erfan Tavakoli is a Persian boy's full name. The provided sources do not give verified meanings for Kourosh, Erfan, or Tavakoli, so its meaning is best treated with family and language context rather than a confirmed dictionary gloss.
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Kian Arash is a Persian boy name that brings together “king” or “realm” with Arash, a name linked to brightness, truth, and the legendary Persian archer. The full name feels noble, brave, and clear-hearted.
