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Persian Gems
by -=A=- (Avgvst)
3/13/2008, 8:53 AM
Amir
Bijan
Casper
Cyrus
Darius
Homayoun
Iskander
Javed
Kaved
Kourush
Masud
Manush
Nadir
Nassar
Tabor
XerxesAleah
Akhtar
Anahit
Clorinda
Esther
Gelsey
Hestia
Kira
Kismet
Laleh
Larmina
Lilac
Lilia
Manijeh
Marian
Marjan
Masumeh
Mehri
Mina
Mitra
Narses
Nasrin
Nilufar
Parisa
Parvaneh
Roshan
Roxana
Sadira
Shirin
Soraya
Tallis
Yasmin
Yeganeh
Zenda
Zenia
Zohreh
Zuleika

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- Jonquil   +1
3/14/2008, 1:05 AM
Marian? - shouldn't that be Mariam?
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- -=A=- (Avgvst)
3/14/2008, 8:55 AM
Oh, you're right. Must have been a typo. Thanks.
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- Melissa (telfalathiel)
3/13/2008, 8:56 PM
I like:Amir (this is my neighbor's name)
Bijan
Casper
Cyrus (I went to school with Cyrus Nasserizafar)
Darius
Iskander
Nadir
XerxesAleah
Esther
Hestia
Kira
Laleh
Lilac
Lilia
Marian
Mina
Mitra
Sadira
Yasmin
Zenia
Zuleika
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- -=A=- (Avgvst)   +1
3/13/2008, 5:46 PM
* * Ultimate List Of Persian Names * *http://www.anvari.org/cols/Original_Persian_Names.html
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- Allegra
3/13/2008, 5:56 PM
Thanks for that!I love it!
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- Allegra
3/13/2008, 4:59 PM
It's absolutely wonderful to see Zuleika on someone else's list! Huzzah!
Roxana, Nasrin, Anahit & Lilac are other favorites for girls. I know an Amir, lovely guy. Casper, Cyrus, Darius, Iskander, Kourush, Masud & Nassar are other favorites for boys. I want to like Xerxes, the sound is wonderful but the association bothers me. Now, if only I had the appropriate ethnic background for them....
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- -=A=- (Avgvst)
3/13/2008, 1:22 PM
OT: Anyone see Persépolis?
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- Lillian (LillianAMS)   +1
3/13/2008, 9:19 AM
Some of these surprise me. Gelsey, Kira, and Lilac are Persian? I didn't know. Can you cite any sources?In any case, the men are handsome and the women are beautiful. :-) I like the sound (or what I believe is the sound) of all of these:Amir
Bijan
Darius
Homayoun
Iskander
Kaved
Nadir
Tabor
Tallis
XerxesAleah
Gelsey
Hestia
Kira
Kismet
Laleh
Lilac
Lilia
Marian
Marjan
Mehri
Mina
Mitra
Parisa
Parvaneh
Roshan
Roxana
Sadira
Shirin
Soraya
Yasmin
Zenda
Zenia
Zohreh
Zuleika
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- -=A=- (Avgvst)
3/13/2008, 9:26 AM
Here are some sources:http://www.babynamenetwork.com/baby_names/origins/Persian_baby_names.cfm
http://www.babynamescountry.com/origins/persian_baby_names1.htmlGelsey I know is a type of flower in Farsi.
Kira is definitely the feminine form of Cyrus in Persian.
Lilac is definitely a favorite. I am fairly certain its origin is Persian, but like so many Persian inventions, its true derivation is seldom credited in the Western world.

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