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Persian Baby Names with Meanings
120 Persian names for boys and girls — each with its verified meaning, pronunciation, and native script. Updated for 2026.
Persian boy & unisex names
- ArmanآرمانTo move
- ArminآرمینArmenia
- AramExalted
- OmidامیدHope
- ParsaپارساPersia
- SamanسامانLimit
- ShahinشاهینMajestic
- FarhadفرهادGained
- AshkanاشکانArsac
- KiaanKing
- KianKing
- RoyaDream
- ArashHero
- NasrinWild rose
- KavehA legendary hero
- ShirinSweet
- ParisaLike a fairy
- AnahitaGoddess of water
- BabakYoung father
- FarahJoy
- RoxanaDawn
- CyrusSun
- DariusPossessing goodness
- BahramبهرامWar god
- BehruzبهروزGood
- BehzadبهزادWell-born
- JahangirجهانگیرWorld
- JamshidجمشیدYama
- JaveedجاویدEternal
- KeyvanکیوانSaturn
- KhosrowخسروRenowned
- MowludمولودBirthday
- NarimanنریمانManly-hearted
- ParvizپرویزTriumphant
- ShahryarشهریارLord
- Pouladپولاد(equipped) with sharp metal blade
- BamdadبامدادDawn
- PaymanپیمانMeasure
- SiamakسیامکDark-coloured
- EsfandiyarاسفندیارGiven by Amesha Spenta
- HushangهوشنگHaoshyangha
- TurتورJackal
- RostamرستمRiver
- AbdorrezaعبدالرضاSlave of Rida
- PiruzپیروزVictorious
- ZalزالTo grow old
- RoozbehروزبهDay
- BarkhurdarبرخوردارFruit eater
- HamoonهامونLevel
- PedramپدرامCalm
- SekandarسکندرI defend
- GoodarzگودرزOx-crusher
- FariyanفریانFriend
- SiyavashسیاوشHaving black stallions
- MazyarمازیارSteward
- HivaهیواHope
Persian girl & unisex names
- EstherStar
- JasmineThe jasmine flower
- ZakiyahذکیهIntelligent
- DaryaدریاSea
- RonakروناکLight
- JahanجهانWorldly creatures
- VistaویستاTo know
- BaharبهارSpring
- ElikaالیکاWild cherry
- RavanروانSoul
- RozaرزاRose
- MahinماهینMoon
- ShahrzadشهرزادLineage
- TaranehترانهTo pass through
- YasminJasmine flower
- PariFairy
- MahnoorLight of the moon
- ZoyaAlive
- AlinaNoble
- YasmeenJasmine flower
- YassminJasmine flower
- RoyaDream
- ArashHero
- NasrinWild rose
- KavehA legendary hero
- ShirinSweet
- ParisaLike a fairy
- AnahitaGoddess of water
- BabakYoung father
- FarahJoy
- RoxanaDawn
- AfsanehافسانهFable
- AhuآهوSharp
- BanafshehبنفشهViolet
- FarzanehفرزانهWise
- FereshtehفرشتهApostle
- ForoughفروغLight
- GelarehگلارهEye
- GoharگوهرSubstance
- JalehژالهIce
- LalehلالهRed
- MahsaمهساMoon
- NilufarنیلوفرLotus
- ParvanehپروانهGuide
- RakhshanرخشانBright
- ShahnazشهنازKing
- SiminسیمینSilver
- TahminaتهمینهStrong
- AnoushehانوشهImmortal
- GoliگلیFlower
- KhorshidخورشیدBright sun (an epithet)
- ArghavanارغوانPurple
- ParastuپرستوSwallow
- YasیاسJasmine
- HalehهالهHalo
- FirouzehفیروزهVictorious
- ArezooآرزوDesire
- GolbargگلبرگRose
- MorvaridمرواریدOyster
- Mojdehمژده(good) news
- YeganehیگانهOne
- VisویسHouse(hold)
- ParivashپریوشPeri
- YaldaیلداBirth
- NiushaنیوشاTo listen
- FaranakفرانکCourier's guide
- TooskaتوسکاAlder
- NoushinنوشینAmbrosial
- SheydaشیداDemon
- FariyaneفریانهFriend
- KazhalکژالGazelle
- GhonchehغنچهGathered
- GolshiftehگلشیفتهRose
- ZhovanژوانTryst
FAQ
What are popular Persian baby names?
Popular Persian names include Esther, Jasmine, Arman, Armin, Aram, Zakiyah, each with an authentic meaning and pronunciation.
Do these Persian names include meanings and pronunciation?
Yes — every Persian name on CradleCues lists its verified meaning, phonetic pronunciation, and, where relevant, its native script.