of these persian names, which do you like?

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DS has an Iranian name (not too wacky),now pg with number 2. May as well go with another Persian name (we're not Iranian but have links with the country).

Girl: Shirin, Anahita, Zarin, Parin, Hestia

Boy: Jasper or Caspar, Cyrus.

any thoughts? (DS is Darius)..

i know it's not on you list but i really like Mina, or is it Meena? also Leila is nice, think they are both persian.

I like Hestia.

anahita

Love Hestia for a girl and all of your boys names are lovely

I love Anahita and Shirin and both Jasper and Caspar
(love your other DS is Darius too)

thanks! the only other one is Niloufar (water lily)..

I have some English names too:

Phyllis, Felicity, Joy, Heidi, Adela, Agatha, Rosamund, Dahlia, Cecily

Bram for a boy?

(can you tell I want a girl?!)

I really love Gwendolen but DH dead against..

I like Shirin, Zarin, Parin
I also like all the boys names, inc Darius for your ds

Hope you find something you like. Do you have Persian conections?

Love Cyrus and Cecily

Just saw your latest post - also like Felicity, Joy and Cecily.

No to Bram. Bram Stoker??

I like Hestia and Caspar. Shirin is ok. How about Afarin?

Of your English names, Rosamund is my favourite, and actually I think Bram (Bramwell?) is pretty cool.

thanks for replies! I was born in Iran and my father was crazy about Iran and spoke Farsi fluently, hence the interest.

Afarin, hm, might look that up!

Like Hestia, Caspar.

Have you considered Maryam? such a pretty nname IMO

Nice names - only objection I can think of is that Shirin might possibly be confused with Sharon. Maybe Cyrus is a bit too close to Darius?

Zarin and Hestia are nice. Leila is also a Persian name.
Like Jasper and Caspar, but Cyrus too close to Darius. How about Omar?

am liking caspar
idly thought about it myself

Hestia's nice. Like all the boys names.

Bram's ok on its own. It's short for Abraham though, no?

Of your girlsname I only like Shirin, tbh....and not keen on any of your boys names, sorry!

Ava is a lovely girlsname of Iranian background
or Farah
or Mina
or Tara

or for a boy:
Anoush
Aron
Javid
Malek/Malik
Rasool
Yamin
Yavar

Roxanne is Persian too IIRC

I like Anahita/Annahita because it can be as persian or as mainstream as your DC wants it to be. Probably just because I know an Annahita. I don't dislike any of them actually, although I think Cyrus is particularly nice for a boy.

I like all your names.

Also like Norjan (sp? 'Norzyan') for a boy. I think it means something to do with pine tree, i.e. tall and straight.

Good luck.

Hestia for the girl.

And definitely Cyrus for a boy. One of my husband's best friends is called Cyrus and he is one of the coolest people you will ever meet - writer, drum and bass DJ, food critic and all round ace person.

My friends little girl is called Elika which is a persian name...

For a boy it has to be Cyrus!
Might create friction with his brother, though,
as Cyrus can refer to himself as The Great whereas Darius can't!

I once knew a Persian girl called Roya - lovely name.
Maryam and Mina seconded. Shirin is a classic Iranian name, very popular I believe.

I would personally avoid Cyrus with Darius. It's a bit too matchy-matchy with the 'us' ending but they are all good names.

I think Dahlia is a particularly lovely girls name.