Persian Baby Names
Persian baby names carry the sound, history and meaning of the Persian naming tradition. Our collection holds 181 Persian names, 86 for boys and 93 for girls, each with its own meaning, origin notes, popularity and numerology. Browse the names below and follow any one for its full profile.
Whether you are drawn to Persian names for heritage, for their sound, or simply for a meaning that resonates, this page is a living list that grows as we research and add more. Names are shown with the most prominent first.
How Persian names are chosen
Iranian naming draws on three separate wells: pre-Islamic Persian and Zoroastrian names such as Kourosh and Anahita; Arabic and Islamic names arriving with the conquest; and a modern Persian layer of plain nouns — Setareh, 'star', Laleh, 'tulip', Omid, 'hope'. A striking share, put at ten to fifteen per cent of all Persian names, comes from a single book: Ferdowsi's tenth-century Shahnameh, the source of Dariush, Bijan, Faramarz, Esfandiar and many more. Which well a family draws from has not always been a neutral choice. Shahnameh names rose sharply after the 1979 revolution, chosen over Arabic alternatives as a deliberate assertion of Persian identity.
Persian names & meanings
EstherStar — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 3BaranRain; strong, mighty — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 9BijanA hero; (a hero of the Shahnameh) — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 9GhazalehGazelle — a small name carrying real depthPersian · Numerology 5MahinThe greatest; of the moon — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 9Parmida(a Persian princess) — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 8ZoyaLife; loving, caring — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 22AfshinA warrior; (a hero and prince) — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 3AhuraLord; (the wise lord, Ahura Mazda) — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 22AnahitaImmaculate; goddess of water — a small name carrying real depthPersian · Numerology 9AnoushEternal, immortal; sweet — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 6AnoushehHappy, fortunate; eternal — a name with quiet staying powerPersian · Numerology 1ArashTruth, righteousness; (the legendary archer) — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 2Armaiti(the divinity of devotion and the earth) — memorable across culturesPersian · Numerology 8ArmanWish, hope, aspiration — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 2ArsalanA lion — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 3ArtaTruth, righteousness, cosmic order — a small name carrying real depthPersian · Numerology 4Ashi(the goddess of fortune and reward) — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 1Atar(the divine, sacred fire) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 4AtusaWell-loved, sweet; (a Persian queen) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 8AvestaPraise; (the sacred scriptures) — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 5AzadehFree; noble-born — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 9BabakLittle father; (a hero) — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 8BahramVictorious; (the planet Mars) — a name with quiet staying powerPersian · Numerology 7BanafshehViolet flower — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 1BanuA lady, a princess — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 11BardiaTall, exalted; (a prince) — memorable across culturesPersian · Numerology 8BehrouzFortunate, prosperous; good day — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 5BehruzFortunate, of a good day — understated and quietly elegantPersian, Tajik · Numerology 8BehzadOf noble birth, well-born — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 1BitaUnique, without equal — soft-sounding with strong rootsPersian · Numerology 5CasparTreasurer; keeper of the treasure — a small name carrying real depthPersian · Numerology 22CyrusSun; lord — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 5DaenaInsight; (the divinity of conscience) — memorable across culturesPersian · Numerology 7DanishKnowledge, wisdom, learning — a name with quiet staying powerArabic, Persian · Numerology 1DariaPossessing goodness; the sea — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 6DarioPossessing goodness; wealthy — a name with quiet staying powerItalian, Persian · Numerology 11DariusPossessing goodness; wealthy — soft-sounding with strong rootsPersian · Numerology 9DaryaThe sea — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 22DaryushPossessor of good; (Darius) — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 33DashaGift of God (form of Daria) — memorable across culturesPersian · Numerology 6DelaramTranquil heart; one who soothes the heart — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 9DeryaSea, ocean — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 8DilaraBeloved; one who adorns the heart — memorable across culturesPersian · Numerology 9DorsaLike a pearl — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 3ElnazGraceful, beloved of the people — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 22EsfandiarGiven by the holy; (an invincible hero) — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 5FarazAscent, height, elevation — a small name carrying real depthPersian · Numerology 7FarbodThe guardian of glory and splendour — soft-sounding with strong rootsPersian · Numerology 1FarhadHappiness; (a legendary lover) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 11FaridaUnique, precious, peerless — timeless and effortless to sayPersian, Arabic · Numerology 3FarnazSplendid glory; the glory of silk — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 3FarrokhFortunate, happy, auspicious — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 5FarshidThe splendour of the sun — a name with quiet staying powerPersian · Numerology 11FarzadBorn of splendour, magnificent — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 11FarzanehWise, intelligent — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 7Fereydoun(a heroic king of legend) — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 5ForoughLight, brightness, splendour — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 9GasparTreasurer — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 8GitaA song — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 1Giv(a hero of the Shahnameh) — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 2GolbaharSpring flower, rose of spring — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 1GoliA flower, a rose — a name with quiet staying powerPersian · Numerology 7GolnarPomegranate flower — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 4GolnooshOne who sips sweetness from flowers — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 6GulFlower, rose — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 4GulruFlower-faced — timeless and effortless to sayTajik, Persian · Numerology 7HalehA halo around the moon — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 7HastiExistence, being, the universe — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 3Haurvatat(the divinity of wholeness and health) — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 4HediyaA gift — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 7HesterStar — timeless and effortless to sayPersian, Greek · Numerology 3Homa(a mythical bird of fortune) — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 1HooshangGood intellect; (a primordial king) — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 6HormozThe wise lord; (Ahura Mazda) — a name with quiet staying powerPersian · Numerology 5HoumanOf good spirit and nature — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 9HoushmandWise, intelligent, sensible — memorable across culturesPersian · Numerology 4IrajHelper; (a heroic prince) — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 2JalehDew, frost — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 9JamshidShining; (a legendary king) — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 1JasmineThe fragrant jasmine flower — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 8JasperBringer of treasure; the gemstone — memorable across culturesPersian · Numerology 6KambizFortunate, happy; (a king) — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 8KamranSuccessful, prosperous — a small name carrying real depthPersian · Numerology 22KasraA king; (Khosrow) — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 5Katayoun(a queen of the Shahnameh) — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 9Kaveh(a legendary blacksmith hero) — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 2KeyhanThe world, the universe — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 1Keyvan(the planet Saturn) — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 6KhashayarRuler of heroes; (Xerxes) — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 11KhurshedThe sun — a classic with a fresh edgePersian, Tajik · Numerology 4KianKing; ancient, enduring — full of character and easy to lovePersian, Irish · Numerology 8KianaElegant; (a Persian goddess) — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 9Kourosh(Cyrus); the sun; far-sighted — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 8KyraLady; sun, throne — a name with quiet staying powerGreek, Persian · Numerology 1LalehA tulip — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 2MahnazGlory and pride of the moon — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 9MahsaLike the moon — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 6MahtabMoonlight — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 9ManouchehrThe heavenly-faced; (a king) — a small name carrying real depthPersian · Numerology 7MaralDeer; beautiful — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 9MarjanCoral; small pearl — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 3MazyarProtected by the moon; (a prince) — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 3MehrSun; kindness, love — a small name carrying real depthPersian · Numerology 8MehranOf the sun; kind — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 5MehrdadGiven by the sun, given by Mithra — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 8MehreganLove and friendship; (a festival of the sun) — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 8Mithra(the divinity of covenant, sun and light) — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 33MohiraSkilled and talented — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulTajik, Persian · Numerology 1NaderRare, unique, precious — soft-sounding with strong rootsPersian · Numerology 6NahidThe planet Venus; immaculate — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 9NargisNarcissus flower; daffodil — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 5NarimanStrong-minded, brave; (a hero) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 7NasimA gentle breeze, a zephyr — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 2NasrinWild rose — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 3NavidGood news, glad tidings — soft-sounding with strong rootsPersian · Numerology 5NazPride; gracefulness, coyness — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 5NazaninSweet, lovely, beloved — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 7NeginA precious gemstone set in a ring — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 4NikaGood, kind, virtuous — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 8NiloofarWater lily, lotus — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 9NiloufarWater lily, lotus — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 6NiluferWater lily, lotus — distinctive without trying too hardTurkish, Persian · Numerology 4NimaJust, fair; good measure — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 1NooshinSweet, pleasant, like nectar — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 4OmidHope — memorable across culturesPersian · Numerology 5PardisParadise, an enclosed heavenly garden — memorable across culturesPersian · Numerology 4PariFairy, angel — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 8ParisaLike a fairy, angelic — soft-sounding with strong rootsPersian · Numerology 1ParsaDevout, pious — memorable across culturesPersian · Numerology 1ParvanehButterfly — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 4ParvizVictorious, fortunate — a small name carrying real depthPersian · Numerology 11PashaA lord, a master — a name with quiet staying powerPersian · Numerology 9PegahDawn, daybreak — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 1PejvakAn echo — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 2PouyaSeeker; dynamic, ever-striving — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 6RaminA hero of legend; bringer of joy — memorable across culturesPersian · Numerology 1RamtinA melody; (a court musician) — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 3Rashnu(the angel of justice) — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 9RezaContentment, satisfaction — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 5RoshanaLight, bright, luminous — a small name carrying real depthPersian · Numerology 4RoshanakLittle light, bright — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 33RostamTall and strong; (the great hero) — soft-sounding with strong rootsPersian · Numerology 5RoxanaDawn; bright, luminous — a name with quiet staying powerPersian · Numerology 1RoyaDream, vision — a name with quiet staying powerPersian · Numerology 5RuhiSoul, spirit — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit, Persian · Numerology 11Sasan(an ancestor of the Sassanid kings) — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 9SepidehDawn — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 3SetarehStar — a small name carrying real depthPersian · Numerology 4SetayeshPraise, worship, adoration — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 3ShabnamMorning dew — a classic with a fresh edgePersian · Numerology 22ShadiHappiness, joy — full of character and easy to loveArabic, Persian · Numerology 5ShahinA royal white falcon — memorable across culturesPersian · Numerology 5ShahrzadOf noble lineage; (Scheherazade) — rooted yet ready to travelPersian · Numerology 4ShayanWorthy, deserving, befitting — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 5ShirinSweet, charming, pleasant — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 5SholehA flame — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 4SiamakGreat-minded; (a hero) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 9SohrabShining, illustrious; (the hero) — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 9SorayaThe Pleiades star cluster; gem — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 7
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Frequently Asked Questions
+What are some popular Persian baby names?
Well-known Persian names in our collection include Esther, Baran, Bijan, Ghazaleh, Mahin. Each name links to a full profile with its meaning, origin, popularity and numerology.
+How many Persian names are listed here?
We currently list 181 Persian names — 86 for boys and 93 for girls, and the collection grows regularly as we research and add more.
+How do I choose a Persian name?
Start from the meaning you want for your child, then read the full profile for pronunciation, popularity and sibling-name ideas. You can also use our name, sibling and middle-name tools to refine your shortlist.