Desparate for your honest opinions pls

People will probably mispronounce it if they're reading the name from paper, but they're just as likely to mispronounce other Persian names on your list.

I like Arash, I have a cousin named Arash. Dara is good too, though may get confused as I believe it has Irish history too?

I'll be doing the same when I have kids, boys names I like are Darius, Cyrus, Caspian and Caspar. Might have to add Sepehr to that list now though! But it isn't one of the more English sounding names.

Kian is another Persian name that may work?

RE bullying, they'll find something to pick on if not name. My surname got ripped to pieces, my oh-so-typical Iranian nose got a lot of bad attention too!

vivi That's pretty much it :)

Dara can be either a male or female name in the Irish language. The more usual spelling for it when using as a girls name is Daire - both are pronounced the same.

It is written A but pronounced O?

People will struggle with that a lot.

Dara and Dario and Ryan all work if you want an 'ordinary ' name but in our multi cultural society very few dc would be teased for their names so go with one you love and which teachers as well as other children will be able to pronounce.
Even my dgs' friend Ptolemy [known as Tolly] has never been teased as far as I know.

I know a baby boy called Cyrus which is (I think) Persian. I like Arash and Sepehr a lot. They might be difficult for English people to pronounce/spell, but I'd go for what you love even if it is difficult - people get used to names very quickly.

Ah like "Aurash"?

So, it's pronounced O-rash, with the first syllable sounding like the o in John?

I think it's goes with your surname. Dario Burnam sounds to me like Darry O'Burnam, don't know why.

Love Dara Burnam and Zubin Burnam, and also the Isakander/Eskander suggestion from a pp.

first A is pronounced like "O" in John Eh?! Come again?!
Yep first though was 'a rash' here too. Unless you absolutely loved it and had no alternatives (which you say is not the case) I'd give it a swerve. Even without the itchy skin connotation it's not the most attractive name IMO.

Ryan is OK but I think it would be nice for you to use a name that is distinctly exotic like your other choices and Ryan most certainly is not that!

Still not following how you are pronouncing Sepehr? If we're being really pedantic in English it could be "Seh-père" but guessing you mean "Seffer" like "Zephr"? I potentially really like that once pronunciation is clarified (and I don't think you ought to worry about having to clarify pronunciation his whole life, that wouldn't be reason enough for me to discount a nice name)

Ooh, I love Zubin!

But won't Pendar be called Bender at school? Or have kids moved on from using the word 'bender' as an insult?

I like Sepher the best - but maybe I am pronouncing it wrong.

Sorry - posted to soon. I think your names are nice. Agree that Sepehr might be difficult to pronounce, and don't much like Dara, but that is just my personal taste. I do like Darius, however. I once met someone who called her son Zubin (after the famous conductor) - that's Persian, I think? So far as I know, he got on fine. I think he had nicknames Zoo or Zoob, which he thought were quite cool.

Am I right in thinking there is a Persian form of Alexander (Iskander/Eskander??) That might work here.

I wouldn't worry about Arash being "a rash" if you like it - I went off Oliver when I was looking at names for mine because it realised it was "o liver" and I don't like liver! Doesn't seem to bother or occur to many other people though, given the popularity of the name! Arash would be ok for English ears.

Dario is my favourite, slightly exotic but easily recognisable as a boys name. Ryan is good if you want an English name that works in Persian, rather than vice versa.

There is a character in Game of Thrones called Daario, so it might be assumed to be a GoT name, but that is not necessarily a bad thing!

Not keen on Pendar, Radin or Sepehr and agree that Dara sounds a bit girly .

I like Pendar best from your list.

I like Pendar best!

How is Sepehr pronunced?

I'm Irish so Ryan and Dara are just blah, everyday names to me!

Is Arash pronounced ar-rash or a-rash? I like it either way, just curious and struggling to follow your system!

Also like Dario and Dara.

Not keen on Ryan. For me Pendar and Radin would depend on the surname, and I'm not sure how to pronounce Sepehr so can't make a call on that.

I wouldn't worry about Arash being "a rash". When I was looking at names for mine, I went off Oliver because it was "o liver" - doesn't seem to bother anyone else given the popularity of the name! My favourite is Dario, but if you want a regular English name that works in Persian (rather than vice versa) Ryan is good. Dario might be assumed to be a Game of Thrones name, don't know if that bothers you.

Ryan is great - my 7yo nephew is Ryan (Irish).

Like Dara too.

We also wanted a name that sounded nice in Persian and English, we went with Benjamin, however his Iranian family call him BenYAmin, our friends little boy is called Sacha, which is also nice. Out of your list I think my favourite is Dario.

I don't think that you should worry too much about bullying because of names. My DC go to school with children called all sorts of things - lots of names I hadn't heard of before - as it is a culturally mixed school, & nobody bats an eyelid.

I wanted to suggest Sepeedeh but I see you are looking for a boy's name.

What about Ashkan?