Persian boys name advice please

[OldFarticus]

Hello

Our baby boy is arriving in December. My DH is Persian and is very keen for our DS to have a sense of his culture, to learn Farsi and have a Persian name. This is all fine and dandy with me. Our surname is very Iranian so a Noah/Jack/Fred type name would sound a bit weird.

He also insists on no religious names of any persuasion! Again, fine with me.

The only problem is that I don't like any of the names he has suggested. So far, options are Cyrus, Darius, Arya or Saam (Sam). I am leaning towards Arya (my grandfather was "Archie" and I think that's what he would go by) but I am scared it's too much like "Aryan" and people will think we are neo nazis possibly overthinking I am also aware it has become accepted as a girl's name in the UK.

Can anyone think of any others? What do people think of Sam and Arya (front runners)?

TIA!

Arya sounds like a girls name to me, bit like Aria or Anya. Love Sam.

What about:
cyrus
Kian
keyvan
kamran
rayan
jasper

Suggesting Casper.

Forgot to say love Sami/Sami. I like Arya but here it seems to only be used as a girls name.

Sam is a very nice name. Works well in several languages.

I presume you've thought about and rejected the following, but just in case:
Sohrab
Rustem/Rostam
Eskandar (or English version: Alexander)
Jahan
Javed
Mirza
Zubin

Arya is a girl's name in Game of Thrones and I suspect that it may become very popular as a girls name as a result. Love Sam and would work well in the UK.

Thanks for the suggestions! Is Casper still a friendly ghost or am I just old? I do like the name....

What about Arash or Idris?

Mateen?

Cyrus

Is Idris a Persian name? It's lovely. I'd go for that.
Sam is gorgeous, Cyrus is good and both work in both cultures.
Fahrad can become Fred.
Mansoor, Kahlil, Jamil all sound good to my ears.

Dara - people are familiar with the Irish name, but there is also a separate Persian origin.

Oooh I like Idris and Dara! Will try them out on the husband. I love Rayan too but it's the name of a friend's son and DH says it's more Arabic than Persian.

Thanks for the suggestions

Isn't Idris an Islamic prophet? Anyway I don't think a baby born today called 'Casper' will have the friendly ghost association, I know one aged 7/8 (polish Kaspar).

Just checked, Idris is a prophet in the Quran, known as Enoch in the Bible.

thank you - lots of food for thought! What do people think of Anoush or Anoop? (Yes, I've been Googling....)

My half sister has Persian ancestory, she would have been called Siavash if she was a boy.

I like Anoush a lot. And Idris. Anoop and Dara, not as much.
I know a 8 year old Casper. English. I don't think the Friendly Ghost is an issue now really. And even if kids have heard of him, he's a pretty cool ghoul.

These any good?
Aza
Ehsan
Isa

Anoush is a lovely name.

Arya sounds like a girls name. Sam is ok. I knew a Persian guy called Mehran (meer-an). I also really like Idris.

Anoop doesn't sound good in English as it's too like snoop and poop and other words with unattractive meanings

Dariush

Anoush or Cyrus. Sam is ok, not arya which will become a popular girls name and you already want him to go by Archie which is quite different.

Benham

Kian, kianu, kianoush

Darius, darioush, dashtan

I like Idris and Sam. Sam is really cute, manly but not overly harsh...
I do know a man called Arya, but it still sounds like a girl's name to me.