My feed
Premium

Please
or
to access all these features

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Baby names

Persian names

33 replies

YoungGirlGrowingOld · 16/11/2015 10:23

So I am really getting ahead of myself here as I only just started my first IVF cycle BUT I want to do some positive pfb visualization Wink

DH is originally from Tehran and I am really keen to choose names which have some Persian links. We are hoping that our child will speak both Farsi and English at home but DH is keen to avoid religious names. Problem is that I can't think of any Persian names I really like.... So what do folks think of:

Roxanna (Sting's 80's whore and a drinking game when I was at university...) Confused
Azar
Rosita

Or for boys...

Anoush
Caspar (friendly ghost?)
Cyrus

(I quite like Darius too, but I can't do it because Pop Idol.)

Be honest, I can take it!! Grin

OP posts:
Report
Sunshine511 · 16/11/2015 10:28

I love Rosita! Beautiful name. Not 100% sure about your boys list. I do like Caspar (I see your concerns about the ghost though) Cyrus is nice also. Hope that helps x

Report
MitzyLeFrouf · 16/11/2015 11:40

I like your boys names but am not crazy about your girls list.

What about Camelia for a girl? That's Persian I believe and very pretty.

Report
YoungGirlGrowingOld · 16/11/2015 12:26

Thank you both! I like Rosita too - can always use "Rose" if she thinks it's too unusual Smile Camelia is the name of a cartoon camel in the ME country where I have been working Blush so I might swerve that one, although I love Camilla (and I assume they are connected).

My favourite out of the boys is probably Caspar, but the friendly ghost thing really bugs me (and he might get the mickey taken mercilessly and hate me forever!) Cyrus could also be "Cy" or "Si" so it's less obviously Persian unless you know....

Lots of food for thought - TY!

OP posts:
Report
MitzyLeFrouf · 16/11/2015 13:07

Cartoon camels and cringesome Pop Idol associations are pesky indeed!

Report
BlueChampagne · 16/11/2015 13:36

Anahita

Report
cally0 · 16/11/2015 13:52

How about Lana or Sasha for a girl?

Report
YoungGirlGrowingOld · 16/11/2015 14:06

I love Anahita and Sasha - will see what DH thinks. My girls' names list definitely needs attention!

TY Smile

OP posts:
Report
FeatheredTail · 16/11/2015 14:08

I have a vested interest in Persian names too! These are my favourites:

Boys -

Amir
Ali


Girls -

Parvaneh
Leila
Farrah

Report
YoungGirlGrowingOld · 16/11/2015 14:10

Also...do you think Aria is too girly these days? Technically it is a Persian boys' name but I know 2 female Aria's so it seems a bit odd (although I love the name).

OP posts:
Report
MitzyLeFrouf · 16/11/2015 14:11

I think Game of Thrones has made Aria popular as a girls name.

Report
YoungGirlGrowingOld · 16/11/2015 14:12

Thank you! I love your boys' names Feathered but both are already featured heavily in DH's very close family! Wink

Girls' names are great - I love Leila especially!

OP posts:
Report
GothJoose · 16/11/2015 14:46

I quite like Darius. I think you could get away with it - there's loads of Sienna's around now for example which was pretty unheard of until Miller became famous

I use to work with a Banafsheh - I love that name.

Report
florascotianew · 16/11/2015 15:18

for boys:

Eskander (=Alexander)

Javed

Sohrab


for girls:

Mahtab (= moonlight - lovely meaning)

Parvin/Parveen (the Pleiades group of stars)

Tahmina

Zinat

Report
VulvaVoom · 17/11/2015 21:32

My DD is a Layla, so I'm also looking for another persian name. I'm not from middle east though!

Report
mimishimmi · 17/11/2015 21:54

I'll give variants of our names.

Shahram for a boy (it's variant of my husband's Indian name which means exactly the same thing - Lord Ram). It's pre-Islamic.

Mariam - my name is the Hebrew version but I get called this a lot too. Dark hair/features too so bit petrified at the moment...

Report
YoungGirlGrowingOld · 17/11/2015 22:02

Mimi thanks for replying. I love the name Mariam. I love the name Marjane too - especially after watching Persepolis Smile but DH has vetoed it...

Don't be petrified Flowers

I am leaning towards Leila....

OP posts:
Report
Catonthematwiththehat · 20/11/2015 21:21

I really like the name Peri (which means Fairy), which I believe is Persian.

Report
Bogburglar99 · 20/11/2015 21:27

Azar is lovely but is it a male name in some other languages? I know a male Pakistani Azar for eg.

How about Za(h)ra(h)? If my googling is correct it's both Arabic and Persian, and works very well in English to boot.

Report
Candycoco · 20/11/2015 21:30

Yasmin?

Report
iliketeaalot · 20/11/2015 21:31

I taught a Persian girl called Nastaran once - I think it's a beautiful name.

Report
Yoghurty · 20/11/2015 21:44

I think that you'd be ok with Caspar. The 'friendly ghost' is Casper.

Love that and Rosita Smile

Report
Stoneagemum · 20/11/2015 21:55

Esther, a biblical name of Persian origin iirc?

Report

Don’t want to miss threads like this?

Weekly

Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!

Log in to update your newsletter preferences.

You've subscribed!

Bellejournee · 21/11/2015 06:22

Caspar/Casper is lovely and the two I know, teenage and a baby have none of the friendly ghost as it hasn't been around for years. No youngsters have a clue!

I really like Your other boy choices too.

Girls - Yasmin?

Report
BlackAzalea · 21/11/2015 09:34

My DH is Persian, names in his family I like are :

Leila, Parvine, Anissa, Shahnaz, Marjann, Naid (pronounced Nye-eed)

Ruih, Kian, Farid

That's all I can think of at the moment...

Report
manicinsomniac · 21/11/2015 10:07

I love Rosita and Farrah. Leila and Mariam really nice too.

I think Caspar is too ghost. Love Aria but agree it's seen as a girl's name in the UK now. I like Azar and Peri

I only know one Persian family (I think - Iran is Persia, yes?)

Kassra (boy) and Kemia (girl) - I like them both

Report
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.