Siavash

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
2/22/2011, 10:48 AM	Mike C	added

Gender Masculine

Usage Persian, Persian Mythology

Scripts سیاوش(Persian)

Meaning & History

Persian form of Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬥 (Siiāuuarshan) meaning "possessing black stallions". This was the name of a virtuous prince in Iranian mythology. He appears briefly in the Avesta, with a longer account recorded in the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh.