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Persian boys name advice please

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OldFarticus · 25/06/2016 15:37

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!

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user1467197371 · 25/07/2016 09:38

My son is called Cyrus, lovely name! I'm not Persian however, but I loved the unusual names!

Ipanema01 · 25/07/2016 15:06

Is Faris Persian? Not sure if it fits the criteria but I love how it sounds.

RattieOfCatan · 25/07/2016 21:26

I'm half Iranian and until recently was very keen on a Persian name. Caspar and Jasper are top of my list but I like Cyrus, Darius, Dara and Kian too. Arya is very common as a girls name now. Sam is the name my two sisters and I would have had had we been boys, it was the only boys name my parents could agree on (my Dad had similar no-Arabic name preferences!)

I'm due in November and torn on whether I go with a Persian name or not, the only one DH finds acceptable is Jasper!

AtSea1979 · 25/07/2016 21:31

Sam or Cyrus

Lucked · 25/07/2016 21:46

Just looked at a list of Persian names.

I like Rostam, Sam and Navid.

I have never heard Atash before but I quite like the sound and it means fire.

BlackAzalea · 25/07/2016 22:45

Names in my DH's family are :

Samy
Medi
Farid
Navid
Ruih
Sohel
Payam
Ramin
Karim
Farzad
Mehran

ginghamstarfish · 25/07/2016 22:46

Darius

Joinourclub · 25/07/2016 22:56

Is Omar Persian?

Maki79 · 25/07/2016 23:12

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