Browse Names

This is a list of names in which the usage is Iranian; and the sound is *n.
gender
usage
sound
Afsoon افسون f Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian افسون (see Afsoun).
Afsoun افسون f Persian
Means "charm, spell" in Persian.
Afsun افسون f Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian افسون (see Afsoun).
Amin امین m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Indonesian, Malay
Derived from Arabic أمين (ʾamīn) meaning "truthful". This was the name of the sixth Abbasid caliph.
Arman 1 آرمان m Persian, Kazakh
Means "wish, hope" in Persian.
Bahman بهمن m Persian, Persian Mythology
Modern Persian form of Avestan 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬵 (Vohu Manah) meaning "good mind". This was the name of a Zoroastrian god (one of the Amesha Spenta) associated with domestic animals. The eleventh month of the Iranian calendar was named for him.
Baran باران f & m Persian, Turkish, Kurdish
Means "rain" in Persian. It is typically feminine in Persian and masculine in Turkish and Kurdish.
Ehsan احسان m Persian, Urdu
Persian form of Ihsan, as well as an alternate Urdu transcription.
Erfan عرفان m Persian
Persian form of Irfan.
Faridoon فریدون m Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian فریدون (see Fereydoun).
Fereydoon فریدون m Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian فریدون (see Fereydoun).
Fereydoun فریدون m Persian, Persian Mythology
Modern Persian form of Old Iranian *Thraitauna meaning "the third". In the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh this is the name of a virtuous king who ruled for 500 years. The Avestan form of the name 𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 (Thraētaona) appears in the earlier texts of the Avesta.
Fereydun فریدون m Persian, Persian Mythology
Alternate transcription of Persian فریدون (see Fereydoun).
Hasan حسن m Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay, Albanian, Bosnian, Uzbek, Tajik
Means "handsome" in Arabic, from the root حسن (ḥasuna) meaning "to be beautiful, to be good". Hasan was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. He was poisoned by one of his wives and is regarded as a martyr by Shia Muslims. This was also the name of two kings of Morocco. It is sometimes transcribed as Hassan, though this is a distinct name in Arabic.
Hossein حسین m Persian
Persian form of Husayn.
Iman ایمان f & m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Indonesian, Malay
Means "faith" in Arabic, derived from أمن (ʾamuna) meaning "to be faithful". It is typically feminine in Arabic and masculine in Persian.
Jahan جهان m Persian
Means "world" in Persian. This name was borne by Shah Jahan, a 17th-century Mughal emperor who is best known as the builder of the Taj Mahal.
Kamran کامران m Persian, Urdu, Azerbaijani
Means "successful, prosperous, fortunate" in Persian.
Katayoun کتایون f Persian, Persian Mythology
Meaning unknown. This is the name of the wife of King Goshtasb in the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh.
Katayun کتایون f Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian کتایون (see Katayoun).
Mohsen محسن m Persian
Persian form of Muhsin.
Mozhgan مژگان f Persian
Means "eyelashes" in Persian.
Nasrin نسرین f Persian, Bengali
Means "wild rose" in Persian.
Nazanin نازنین f Persian
Means "sweetheart, darling" in Persian.
Negin نگین f Persian
Means "gemstone" in Persian.
Pejman پژمان m Persian
Means "sad, melancholy, mournful" in Persian.
Rahman رحمان m Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay, Bengali
Means "merciful" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الرحمٰن (al-Raḥmān) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Ramin رامین m Persian, Azerbaijani
Derived from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭬 (rʾm) meaning "peace, joy". This is the name of a character in the Persian epic Vis and Ramin, written by the 11th-century poet Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani.
Roshan روشن m & f Persian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Means "light, bright" in Persian.
Shaheen شاهین m Persian, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Persian شاهین (see Shahin), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.
Shahin شاهین m Persian, Arabic, Bengali
Means "falcon" in Persian, referring more specifically to the Barbary falcon (species Falco pelegrinoides). The bird's name is a derivative of Persian شاه (shāh) meaning "king".
Shereen شیرین f Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian شیرین (see Shirin).
Shirin شیرین f Persian
Means "sweet" in Persian. This was the name of a character in Persian and Turkish legend.
Simin سیمین f Persian
Means "silvery" in Persian.
Yasaman یاسمن f Persian
Variant of Yasamin.
Yasamin یاسمین f Persian
Persian form of Yasmin.
Yazdan یزدان m Persian
Means "angel, divinity, saint" in Persian.