The names listed here are used in Iran. For more information see about Iranian names. See also Arabic names.

ARZU   f   Iranian, Turkish
Means "desire" in Persian (and in Turkish, where it is derived from Persian).

ATEFEH   f   Iranian
Possibly means "affection" from Arabic.

AVA (2)   f   Iranian
Means "voice, sound" in Persian.

AZAR   f   Iranian
Means "fire" in Persian.

BAHAR   f   Iranian, Turkish
Means "spring" in Persian.

BANU   f   Iranian, Turkish
Means "lady" in Persian.

DARYA (2)   f   Iranian
Means "sea" in Iranian.

DELSHAD   m & f   Iranian
Variant of DILSHAD

DILSHAD   m & f   Iranian
Means "happy heart, cheerful" in Persian.

ELAHEH   f   Iranian
Means "goddess" in Persian.

FIRUZA   f   Iranian
Means "turquoise (the gemstone)" in Persian... [more]

GHONCHEH   f   Iranian
Means "flower bud" in Persian.

GUL   f   Iranian
Means "flower, rose" in Persian.

GULBAHAR   f   Iranian
Means "spring rose" in Persian.

GULISTAN   f   Iranian
Means "rose garden" in Persian.

GULZAR   m & f   Iranian, Arabic
Means "rose garden" in Persian.

JALEH   f   Iranian
Means "dew" in Persian.

KHORSHID   m & f   Iranian
Variant of KHURSHID

KHURSHID   m & f   Iranian, Near Eastern Mythology
Modern Persian form of Hvare Khshaeta meaning "shining sun" in Avestan... [more]

LALEH   f   Iranian
Means "tulip" in Persian.

MAHIN   f   Iranian
Means "related to the moon" in Persian.

MAHINE   f   Iranian
Variant of MAHIN

MAHTAB   f   Iranian
Means "moonlight" in Persian.

MAHVASH   f   Iranian
Possibly means "moon-like" in Persian.

MINOO   f   Iranian
Variant of MINU

MINU   f   Iranian
Means "heaven, paradise" in Persian.

MOJGAN   f   Iranian
Means "eyelashes" in Persian.

MORVARID   f   Iranian
Means "pearl" in Persian.

NAHEED   f   Iranian
Variant of NAHID

NAHID   f   Iranian
Iranian form of ANAHITA

NASRIN   f   Iranian
Means "wild rose" in Persian.

NILOFER   f   Iranian
Means "water-lily" in Persian.

NILOOFAR   f   Iranian
Variant of NILOFER

NILOUFAR   f   Iranian
Variant of NILOFER

NIUSHA   f   Iranian
Means "good listener" in Persian.

NOUSHA   f   Iranian
Means "sweet, pleasant" in Persian.

OMID   m & f   Iranian
Means "hope" in Persian.

PANIZ   f   Iranian
Means "sugar" in Persian.

PARASTOO   f   Iranian
Means "swallow (bird)" in Persian.

PARASTU   f   Iranian
Variant of PARASTOO

PARI   f   Iranian
Means "fairy" in Persian.

PARISA   f   Iranian
Means "like a fairy" in Persian.

PARVANA   f   Iranian
Means "butterfly" in Persian.

PARVEEN   f   Iranian
Variant of PARVIN

PARVIN   f   Iranian
Means "the Pleiades" in Persian... [more]

ROSHAN   m & f   Iranian, Indian
Means "light, bright" in Persian.

ROSHANAK   f   Iranian
Original Persian form of ROXANA

ROSHANARA   f   Iranian
Means "light of the assembly" in Persian.

ROSHNI   f   Iranian
Means "brilliance, luster" in Persian.

SAHAR   f   Arabic, Iranian
Means "dawn" in Arabic.

SANAZ   f   Iranian
Possibly means "full of grace" in Persian.

SHABNAM   f   Iranian
Means "dew" in Persian.

SHADI (2)   f   Iranian
Means "happiness" in Persian.

SHAHNAZ   f   Iranian, Arabic
Means "pride of the king" from the Persian elements shah "king" and naz "pride".

SHAHRAZAD   f   Iranian, Arabic
Means "person of the city" from the Persian elements shahr "city" and zad "person"... [more]

SHAHRIVAR   m & f   Iranian, Near Eastern Mythology
Modern Persian form of Kshathra Vairya meaning "desirable power" in Avestan... [more]

SHAHRIZAD   f   Iranian, Arabic
Variant of SHAHRAZAD

SHAHRZAD   f   Iranian
Variant of SHAHRAZAD

SHEREEN   f   Iranian
Variant of SHIRIN

SHIDEH   f   Iranian
Means "bright" in Persian.

SHIREEN   f   Iranian
Variant of SHIRIN

SHIRIN   f   Iranian
Means "sweet" in Persian... [more]

SHOHREH   f   Iranian
Means "famous" in Persian.

SHOKUFEH   f   Iranian
Means "blossom" in Persian.

SIMIN   f   Iranian
Means "silvery" in Persian.

TÁHIRIH   f   Iranian
Variant of TAHIRA... [more]

YASAMIN   f   Iranian
Persian form of JASMINE

YASMEEN   f   Iranian, Arabic
Variant transcription of YASMIN

YASMIN   f   Iranian, Arabic, English (Modern)
From Persian yasmin meaning "jasmine"... [more]

YASMINA   f   Iranian
Variant of YASMIN

YASMINE   f   Iranian, Arabic, English (Modern)
Variant transcription of YASMIN

ZAREEN   f   Iranian
Means "golden" in Persian.

ZIBA   f   Iranian
Means "beautiful" in Persian.