Abdolreza عبدالرضا m PersianMeans
"servant of al-Rida" from Arabic
عبد (ʿabd) meaning "servant" combined with
رضا (Reẕā), the Persian form of Arabic
Rida. This name refers to the 9th-century Shia imam Ali al-Rida.
Anahita آناهیتا f Persian, Persian MythologyMeans
"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. 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.
Arya 1 آریا m & f Persian, Hindi, MalayalamFrom an old Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble". In India, this is a transcription of both the masculine form
आर्य and the feminine form
आर्या. In Iran it is only a masculine name.
Ayda آیدا f Arabic, Persian, TurkishMeans
"returning, visitor" in Arabic. In Turkey this is also associated with
ay meaning "moon".
Delara دلآرا f PersianMeans
"adorning the heart", from Persian
دل (del) meaning "heart" and
آرا (ārā) meaning "decorate, adorn".
Mitra 2 میترا f PersianModern variant of
Mithra used as a feminine name. The true Modern Persian form of
Mithra is in fact
Mehr.
Mohammad-Reza محمّدرضا m PersianCombination of
Mohammad and
Reza. Though usually transcribed into Latin characters with a dash or a space, it is not written with a space in Persian.
Nima 2 نیما m PersianPersian name of uncertain meaning, possibly
"just, fair" or
"half moon".
Parisa پریسا f PersianMeans
"like a fairy" in Persian, derived from
پری (parī) meaning "fairy, sprite, supernatural being".
Ra'na رعنا f PersianMeans
"beautiful, attractive" in Persian.
Roya رویا f PersianMeans
"dream" in Persian, of Arabic origin, derived from
رأى (raʾā) meaning "to see, to perceive".
Sara سارا f Hebrew, Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, Catalan, Galician, Romanian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian, Macedonian, Polish, English, Arabic, Persian, Amharic, Tigrinya, Biblical Hebrew, Biblical LatinForm of
Sarah used in various languages.
Shahla شهلا f Arabic, PersianFrom an obsolete Arabic word probably meaning
"dark blue", referring to the eyes.
Sina سینا m PersianFrom the Persian name for Mount Sinai or the Sinai Peninsula.