Meaning & History
Derived from the Persian adjective پیر (pir) meaning "old, aged, ancient" combined with the Persian suffix ان (-an).In literature, Piran is the name of a Turanian army chief from the 11th-century Persian epic poem Shahnameh.Other notable bearers of this name include the 6th-century Persian governor Piran Gushnasp and the Georgian nobleman Piran Cherkezishvili (died in 1804).