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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Adarbad m Middle Persian
Middle Persian form of Āturpāt.

Adurnarseh m Old Persian, Middle Persian
Derived from Middle Persian ādur (also ātur) meaning "fire" combined with the name Narseh. As such, the meaning of the name as a whole is roughly "the word of a fiery man" or "the fiery word of a man".

Aphrahat m Middle Persian
Name of a 4th century Christian hermit who settled in Edessa (now known as Urfa, Turkey)

Apranik f Middle Persian, History
The name of a commander of the Sasanian army against the invading Arab-Muslim forces during the reign of Yazdegerd III (632-651 CE). After the Sasanian defeat, she continued to the resistance, fighting a guerilla war until she was killed in battle.

Ardakhshir m Middle Persian
Variant of Ardashir. This was the name of a dynast (frataraka) of Persis in the late 3rd century BC, ruling sometime after 220 to c. 205 BC.

Asparukh m Middle Persian, Medieval Georgian, Bulgarian
Etymology disputed, either meaning "one who has shining horses" or "one who has the soul of a horse".

Azades m Middle Persian (Hellenized), History (Ecclesiastical)
Hellenized version of the name Azat, which is a form of Azad. This is the name of a fourth century saint and martyr who served King Shapur II as a eunuch... [more]

Bagadates m Old Persian (Hellenized), Middle Persian (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Old Persian Bagadata or Middle Persian Baydad.

Baydad 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲‎ m Middle Persian
Middle Persian form of Bagadata.

Boran f Middle Persian
Possibly a hypocoristic form of Middle Persian *baurāspa meaning "having many horses". This was the name of a Sasanian queen (banbishn) of Iran from 630 to 632, with an interruption of some months.

Garshasp m Persian Mythology, Middle Persian
Of uncertain etymology. This name was borne by a monster-slaying hero in Iranian mythology.

Golinduch f Middle Persian (Latinized), History (Ecclesiastical)
From Γολινδούχ (Golindouch), a hellenized form of a Persian name, possibly Golān-doḵt meaning "daughter of roses" (compare modern Persian گل (gol) "rose" and دخت (doxt) "daughter")... [more]

Gondophares m Middle Persian (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Middle Persian Gundafarr.

Gundafarr 𐭢𐭥𐭭𐭣𐭯𐭥 m Middle Persian
Middle Persian form of Vindafarnah.

Javan m & f Persian, Middle Persian
Means "young" in Persian.

Jobias f Middle Persian (Latinized)
Meaning unknown. According to the Passion of St. Marcellus, Iobia or Jobias was a daughter of the Persian king Sapor (Shapur II, tenth king of the Sasanian Empire)... [more]

Khosrau 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 m Middle Persian
Common variant form (or variant transcription) of the Middle Persian name Husraw (also found written as Husrav), which is the Middle Persian form of the Avestan name Husravah (also found written as Haosravah and Husrava)... [more]

Magadates m Old Persian (Hellenized), Middle Persian (Hellenized)
Variant form of Bagadates.

Mahdad m Middle Persian
Middle Persian form of Mahidata.

Mihrfarr 𐭬𐭲𐭥𐭤𐭥𐭫‎ m Middle Persian
Middle Persian form of Mithrafarnah.

Pharismanes m Middle Persian
Parthian satrap

Revmihr 𐭫𐭩𐭥𐭬𐭲𐭥‎ m Middle Persian
Middle Persian form of Raivamithra.

Sarbarus m Middle Persian (Latinized)
Latinized form of Shahrbaraz, derived from Greek Σαρβάρος (See Sarvaros).

Sarvaros m Middle Persian (Hellenized), History
Greek form of Shahrbaraz.

Shahrbaraz 𐭱𐭲𐭫𐭥𐭫𐭠𐭰 m Middle Persian, History
A Middle Persian title meaning "the Boar of the Empire", from Middle Persian shahr "country" and warāz "boar", referencing the Zoroastrian deity Izad Vahram... [more]

Shiruya m Middle Persian (Arabized), History
Shiruya al-Uswari was an Iranian nobleman, who was part of the Sasanian asvaran unit, but later defected together with a faction of the unit to the Rashidun Caliphate, where the unit became known as the Asawira... [more]

Spandarmad f Middle Persian, Persian Mythology
Middle Persian form of Spenta Armaiti.

Wadfradad m Middle Persian
Possibly a Middle Persian form of Vātafradātah. This was the name of two dynasts (fratarakas) of the Seleucid Empire.

Wirāz m Persian Mythology, Middle Persian
Possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *wiHro-- "man" (compare Persian بیر (bir) "hero" and Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀 (vīra)). This was the name of the protagonist of Ardā Wīrāz-nāmag (The Book of Ardā Wīrāz), a Zoroastrian text written in Middle Persian.

Yazdegerd 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩‎ m Middle Persian
𐭩𐭦𐭣‎ (yazd) + 𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩‎ (-gird, -kirt), literally meaning "made by God".

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