muskastt9's Personal Name List
Anahita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: آناهیتا(Persian) 𐎠𐎴𐏃𐎡𐎫(Old Persian)
Pronounced: aw-naw-hee-TAW(Persian)
Means
"immaculate, undefiled" in Old Persian, from the Old Iranian prefix *
an- "not" combined with *
āhita "unclean, dirty". This was the name of an Iranian goddess of fertility and water. In the Zoroastrian religious texts the
Avesta she is called
𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬍 (Arəduuī) in Avestan, with
𐬀𐬥𐬁𐬵𐬌𐬙𐬀 (anāhita) appearing only as a descriptive epithet
[1]. In origin she is possibly identical to the Indian goddess
Saraswati. She has historically been identified with the Semitic goddess
Ishtar and the Greek goddess
Artemis.
Arash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: آرش(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-RASH(Persian)
From Avestan
𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬑𐬱𐬀 (Ərəxsha), of uncertain meaning, possibly from a root meaning
"bear" [1]. In Iranian legend Arash was an archer who was ordered by the Turans to shoot an arrow, the landing place of which would determine the new location of the Iran-Turan border. Arash climbed a mountain and fired his arrow with such strength that it flew for several hours and landed on the banks of the far-away Oxus River.
Arezoo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آرزو(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-reh-ZOO
Alternate transcription of Persian
آرزو (see
Arezou).
Avani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi
Other Scripts: अवनी(Marathi, Hindi) અવની(Gujarati)
Azar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آذر(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-ZAR
Means "fire" in Persian.
Bahar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani
Other Scripts: بهار(Persian)
Pronounced: ba-HAWR(Persian) ba-HAR(Turkish) bah-HAHR(Azerbaijani)
Means "spring" in Persian, Turkish and Azerbaijani.
Banu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
From Persian
بانو (bānū) meaning
"lady".
Darya 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: دریا(Persian)
Pronounced: dar-YAW
Means "sea, ocean" in Persian.
Fairuza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Rare)
Laleh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: لاله(Persian)
Pronounced: law-LEH
Means "tulip" in Persian.
Mahin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مهین(Persian)
Means "related to the moon" in Persian.
Mahsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مهسا(Persian)
Pronounced: mah-SAW
Means "like the moon" in Persian.
Mahtab
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مهتاب(Persian)
Pronounced: mah-TAWB
Means "moonlight" in Persian.
Mahvash
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مهوش(Persian)
Pronounced: mah-VASH
Means "moon-like" in Persian.
Minoo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مینو(Persian)
Pronounced: mee-NOO
Means "heaven, paradise" in Persian.
Mojgan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مژگان(Persian)
Nandita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: नंदिता, नन्दिता(Hindi) नंदिता(Marathi)
Nilofer
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Muslim)
Other Scripts: نیلوفر(Urdu) नीलोफर(Hindi)
Nousha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian (Rare)
Other Scripts: نوشا(Persian)
Means "sweet, pleasant" in Persian.
Riya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Other Scripts: रिया(Hindi, Marathi) রিয়া(Bengali)
Means "singer" in Sanskrit.
Rostam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: رستم(Persian)
Pronounced: ros-TAM(Persian)
Meaning unknown, possibly from Iranian roots *rautas "river" and *taxma "strong". Rostam was a warrior hero in Persian legend. The 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi recorded his tale in the Shahnameh.
Sanaz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: ساناز(Persian)
Possibly means "full of grace" in Persian.
Saraswati
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: सरस्वती(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi)
Pronounced: sə-RUS-və-tee(Hindi)
Means
"possessing water" from Sanskrit
सरस् (saras) meaning "fluid, water, lake" and
वती (vatī) meaning "having". This is the name of a Hindu river goddess, also associated with learning and the arts, who is the wife of
Brahma. She appears in the
Vedas.
Shirin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: شیرین(Persian)
Pronounced: shee-REEN
Means "sweet" in Persian. This was the name of a character in Persian and Turkish legend.
Sita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Nepali
Other Scripts: सीता(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali)
Pronounced: SEE-tah(Sanskrit)
Means
"furrow" in Sanskrit. Sita is the name of the Hindu goddess of the harvest in the
Rigveda. This is also the name of the wife of
Rama (and an avatar of
Lakshmi) in the Hindu epic the
Ramayana. In this story Sita is abducted by the demon king
Ravana, with her husband and his allies attempting to rescue her.
Sohrab
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: سهراب(Persian)
Pronounced: soh-RAWB(Persian)
From Persian
سهر (sohr) meaning "red" and
آب (āb) meaning "water". In the 10th-century Persian epic the
Shahnameh this is the name of the son of the hero
Rostam. He was tragically slain in battle by his father, who was unaware he was fighting his own son.
Srosh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: 𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭱(Pahlavi)
Zareen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: زرین(Urdu)
Zhaleh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: ژاله(Persian)
Pronounced: zhaw-LEH
Means "dew" or "hoarfrost" in Persian.
Ziba 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: زیبا(Persian)
Pronounced: zee-BAW
Means "beautiful" in Persian.
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