Persian names

[YoungGirlGrowingOld]

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

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...)
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!!

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

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.

Thank you both! I like Rosita too - can always use "Rose" if she thinks it's too unusual Camelia is the name of a cartoon camel in the ME country where I have been working 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!

Cartoon camels and cringesome Pop Idol associations are pesky indeed!

Anahita

How about Lana or Sasha for a girl?

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

TY

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

Boys -

Amir
Ali

Girls -

Parvaneh
Leila
Farrah

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).

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

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

Girls' names are great - I love Leila especially!

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.

for boys:

Eskander (=Alexander)

Javed

Sohrab

for girls:

Mahtab (= moonlight - lovely meaning)

Parvin/Parveen (the Pleiades group of stars)

Tahmina

Zinat

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

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...

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

Don't be petrified

I am leaning towards Leila....

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

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.

Yasmin?

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

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

Love that and Rosita

Esther, a biblical name of Persian origin iirc?

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?

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...

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