muskastt9's Personal Name List

Anahita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: آناهیتا(Persian) 𐎠𐎴𐏃𐎡𐎫(Old Persian)
Pronounced: aw-naw-hee-TAW(Persian)
Means "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 [1]. 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.
Arash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: آرش(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-RASH(Persian)
From Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬑𐬱𐬀 (Ərəxsha), of uncertain meaning, possibly from a root meaning "bear" [1]. In Iranian legend Arash was an archer who was ordered by the Turans to shoot an arrow, the landing place of which would determine the new location of the Iran-Turan border. Arash climbed a mountain and fired his arrow with such strength that it flew for several hours and landed on the banks of the far-away Oxus River.
Arezoo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آرزو(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-reh-ZOO
Alternate transcription of Persian آرزو (see Arezou).
Avani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi
Other Scripts: अवनी(Marathi, Hindi) અવની(Gujarati)
Means "earth" in Sanskrit.
Azar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آذر(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-ZAR
Means "fire" in Persian.
Bahar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani
Other Scripts: بهار(Persian)
Pronounced: ba-HAR(Turkish)
Means "spring" in Persian, Turkish and Azerbaijani.
Banu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
From Persian بانو (banu) meaning "lady".
Darya 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: دریا(Persian)
Pronounced: dar-YAW
Means "sea, ocean" in Persian.
Fairuza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Rare)
Variant of Fayruz.
Laleh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: لاله(Persian)
Means "tulip" in Persian.
Mahin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مهین(Persian)
Means "related to the moon" in Persian.
Mahsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مهسا(Persian)
Means "like the moon" in Persian.
Mahtab
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مهتاب(Persian)
Means "moonlight" in Persian.
Mahvash
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مهوش(Persian)
Means "moon-like" in Persian.
Minoo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مینو(Persian)
Means "heaven, paradise" in Persian.
Mojgan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مژگان(Persian)
Alternate transcription of Persian مژگان (see Mozhgan).
Nandita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: नंदिता, नन्दिता(Hindi) नंदिता(Marathi)
From Sanskrit नन्द (nanda) meaning "joy".
Nilofer
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Muslim)
Other Scripts: نیلوفر(Urdu) नीलोफर(Hindi)
Indian form of Niloufar.
Nousha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian (Rare)
Other Scripts: نوشا(Persian)
Means "sweet, pleasant" in Persian.
Riya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Other Scripts: रिया(Hindi, Marathi) রিয়া(Bengali)
Means "singer" in Sanskrit.
Rostam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: رستم(Persian)
Pronounced: ros-TAM(Persian)
Meaning unknown, possibly from Iranian roots *rautas "river" and *taxma "strong". Rostam was a warrior hero in Persian legend. The 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi recorded his tale in the Shahnameh.
Sanaz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: ساناز(Persian)
Possibly means "full of grace" in Persian.
Saraswati
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: सरस्वती(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi)
Pronounced: sə-RUS-və-tee(Hindi)
Means "possessing water" from Sanskrit सरस् (saras) meaning "fluid, water, lake" and वती (vati) meaning "having". This is the name of a Hindu river goddess, also associated with learning and the arts, who is the wife of Brahma.
Shirin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: شیرین(Persian)
Pronounced: shee-REEN
Means "sweet" in Persian. This was the name of a character in Persian and Turkish legend.
Sita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Nepali
Other Scripts: सीता(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali)
Pronounced: SEE-tah(Sanskrit)
Means "furrow" in Sanskrit. Sita is the name of the Hindu goddess of the harvest in the Rigveda. This is also the name of the wife of Rama (and an avatar of Lakshmi) in the Hindu epic the Ramayana. In this story Sita is rescued by her husband from the demon king Ravana.
Sohrab
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: سهراب(Persian)
Pronounced: soh-RAWB(Persian)
From Persian سهر (sohr) meaning "red" and آب (ab) meaning "water". In the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh this is the name of the son of the hero Rostam. He was tragically slain in battle by his father, who was unaware he was fighting his own son.
Srosh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: 𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭱(Pahlavi)
Middle Persian form of Soroush.
Zareen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: زرین(Urdu)
Variant of Zarina.
Zhaleh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: ژاله(Persian)
Pronounced: zhaw-LEH
Means "dew" or "hoarfrost" in Persian.
Ziba 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: زیبا(Persian)
Pronounced: zee-BAW
Means "beautiful" in Persian.
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