Iranian Boy Names

part 3

NoushzAd           Happily born

 

O            

Omid/Omeed    Hope

 

P            

ParhAm                Abraham

PArsA            Pure, chaste,devout, holy; Persian

Parviz             A character in Shahnameh

PAshA             A Turkish name meaning a lord

PayAm  Message

PezhmAn/PejmAn          Broken-hearted, sad

PuzhmAn/PujmAn          Desire, wish

PeymAn               Promise

Pirooz/Piruz       Victorious; also a character in Shahnameh

PouriyA                ???

PouyA   To search, searcher

 

R            

Rahim (A)            Merciful

RakhshAn            Flashing

RAmbod              ???

RAmin   ---

RAmtin                Famous musician in the Sassanid Dynasty

Rashid/Rasheed (A)        Brave

RezA (A)                       Will, consent, resignation

Roozbeh                           Fortunate

Rostam                    A hero in Shahnameh

 

S             

SAdegh (A)         Sincere

SadrA/Sadri        Chief seat, judge

Saeed               Happy, prosperous, lucky

SAlAr                Leader

sAm                 A character in Shahnameh (Rostam's grandfather)

SalmAn (A)         Name of a friend of Ali

SAmAn Home, welfare

SAmi      High, Elevated

Sanjar   Prince, emperor, king

SAsAn   Founder of the Sasani dynasty

SattAr (A)            Concealer

Sepehr Sky

ShahAb                Shooting star, meteor

ShahbAz              Royal falcon

ShAheen             Falcon

ShahkAm             The king's wish

ShahrAm             king Ram

ShahrdAd            Gift of the city

ShahriAr/ShahryAr          The King

ShAhrokh            Face of the king

Shahruz/Shahrooz           A great river

ShahyAr               Friend of the king

ShApour              A character in Shahnameh

ShAyA   Worthy

ShAyAn                Worthy, deserving, meriting

Shervin/Sherveen           ???

SiAmak Black-haired man

SiAvosh/Siavash               A character in Shahnameh

SinA (A)                Sinai

Soheil (A)            Star

SohrAb A character in Shahnameh (Rostam's son)

Soroush/Sorush               Messenger angel

 

T             

TAher (A)            Pure, chaste, clean

Tahmouress        Name of a Persian king

TahmAseb          A character in Shahnameh

Teymour              ???

TirdAd   ???

Touraj/Tooraj    A character in Shahnameh

 

V            

VafA (A)               Loyalty, faithfulness

VarshAsb             ???

VishtAsb              ???

 

Y             

Yaghoub (A)       Jacob

Yahya (A)             John

YAshAr                 Persian-Azarbayjani origin meaning lives for ever

Youness (A)        Jonas

Yousef (A)           Joseph

 

Z             

ZakariA                  Zachary

ZAl          A character in Shahnameh (Rostam's father)

ZAmyAd               ???

Zand      ???

Zartosht               Zoroaster

ZiA (A)               Light

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