What do you think of the Persian name Vashti?

[bengalcat78]

Hi all! 👋
We are looking for a name that fits our cultural background (Persian/ Indian) and came across this lovely name. What are your thoughts? I know it has some biblical associations, we are not Christian though, more into new age & dharmic spirituality. Can we still use the name based on it’s Persian origin? Can it work in the UK & internationally?

To any of the Hindi/ Farsi speakers out there: does it have any negative associations in those languages?

Beautiful name and great for a little girl or grown up woman.

I've always loved Vashti. Beautiful name. I first read it in the Bible as a child. It also reminds me of the singer Vashti Bunyan.

I knew it was Persian (because of the Biblical figure) but I didn't know it was also an Indian name.

Sorry, never heard this name in India.
Not a huge fan as it reads too much like veshti, which means a traditional white wrap around dhoti for men in the South

Lovely name.

@41andtryingforfirst If there are lovelier Persian names, can you give us a few?

@crosstalk well I love Sara but I'm biased as it's my name 😂

Others I like are:

Leila
Samira
Ariana
Daria
Nasrin
Nazanin
Niloufar
Roxana
Soraya
Mona
Donya
Alya/Alia (what I'm naming my daughter)
Parisa
Roia
Elaheh
Zhaleh
Rana
Laleh

There's loads but that's just off the top of my head x