Āftāb
Borrowed from Classical Persian آفْتَاب (āftāb).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends B
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Ahmad
Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad), elative of حَمِيد (ḥamīd, “praiseworthy”); or from Persian اَحْمَد (ahmad). From Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad), from حَمِدَ (ḥamida, “to thank…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Ahu
Borrowed from Classical Persian آهو (āhū).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Akhtar
Borrowed from Hindustani (through Hindi अख़्तर (axtar) / Urdu اَخْتَر (axtar)) and/or directly from Classical Persian اَخْتَر (axtar, “star”), in turn from Middle Persian…
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Ālamgīr
Borrowed from Classical Persian عَالَمْگِیر (ālamgīr, literally “conqueror of the world”). By surface analysis, आलम (ālam) + -गीर (-gīr).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Auraṅgzeb
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَورَنْگزیب (awrang-zēb, literally “Ornament of the Throne”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends B
Azat
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آزاد (âzâd, “free”), from Classical Persian آزاد (āzād).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Baxtiyār
Borrowed from Classical Persian بختیار (baxtiyār).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Behzat
From Ottoman Turkish بهزاد (bihzâd, behzâd), from Classical Persian بِهْزَاد (bihzād).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Bəhmən
Borrowed from Classical Persian بهمن (bahman).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Bəhram
Borrowed from Classical Persian بهرام (bahrām).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends M
Bəhruz
Borrowed from Classical Persian بهروز (bihrōz).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Z
Bijan
Borrowed from Persian بیژن.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Bülent
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بلند (bulend), from Classical Persian بلند (buland).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Canan
From Persian جانان (jânân).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Cavit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جاوید (Cavid), from Classical Persian جاوید (jāwēd, “eternal”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Cem
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جم (Cem), from Classical Persian جم (jam).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends M
Cenk
From cenk (“war”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends K
Cherine
From the Persian شیرین (širin, “sweet”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Cihan
From cihan (“world, universe”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Cihangir
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جهانگیر (Cihangir), from Classical Persian جهانگیر (jahāngīr).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Danish
Borrowed from Persian دانش (“knowledge”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Dara
An Irish saint's name, from Irish Dáire. From Persian دارا (dārā), equivalent to Darius.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Derviş
From derviş.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ş
Didem
Likely from Persian دیده (dide) and -im.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Esther
From Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr). Has been connected to Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (a-s-t-r /star-/, “star”) (whence Middle Persian 𐭮𐭲𐭫…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Evrenkzib
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اَوْرَنْك زِیب (Evrenk Zib), from Classical Persian اورنگزیب (awrang-zēb, literally “Ornament of the Throne”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends B
Ənuşirəvan
Borrowed from Classical Persian انوشیروان (anōšērawān).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Faryāl
Borrowed from Persian فریال (faryâl).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Ferhat
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فرهاد (Ferhad), from Classical Persian فرهاد (farhād).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Ferhunde
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فرخنده, from Classical Persian فَرْخُنْدَه (farxunda).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Feridun
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فریدون (Feridun), from Classical Persian فریدون (farēdūn, firēdūn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Fətəli
Borrowed from Classical Persian فتحعلی (fathalī), from فتح (fath, “victory”) + علی (alī, “Ali”), literally “victory of Ali”. By surface analysis, fəth + Əli.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
Figen
From Persian فگن.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Firoz
Borrowed from Classical Persian فِیروز (fīrōz).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Firuzə
From firuzə (“turquoise”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ə
Gul
Borrowed from Classical Persian گُل (gul).
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends L
Gülizar
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كلزار (gülzâr), from Classical Persian گُلْزَار (gulzār).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Hakan
From Persian خاقان (xâqân), a Persianized variant of Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan). Cognate with Turkish Kaan, kağan.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Hester
From the Latin form of Esther.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Hoxhë
From hoxhë (“imam”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ë
Humāyū̃
Borrowed from Classical Persian همایون (humāyūn), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭠𐭩 (Humāy), from Old Persian *Humāyah, from Proto-Iranian *māyā- (“blessing, happiness”) and the…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends ̃
Hüsrev
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خسرو (Husrev), from Classical Persian خسرو (xusraw).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends V
Isfandiyār
Borrowed from Classical Persian اسفندیار (isfandiyār), ultimately from Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬥𐬙𐬋𐬜𐬁𐬙𐬀 (spəntōδāta, “given by Amesha Spenta”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Iskandar
Inherited from Malay Iskandar, from Classical Persian اِسْکَنْدَر (iskandar) or Arabic إِسْكَنْدَر (ʔiskandar), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). Either from…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Jahāṅgīr
Borrowed from Classical Persian جهانگیر (jahāngīr). Cognate with Bengali জাহাঙ্গীর (jahaṅgir)
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Jale
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ژاله (žâle), Classical Persian ژاله (žāla).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Jamśed
From Classical Persian جمشید (jamšēd), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ymšyt' /jamšēd/).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Jasmin
A variant of Jasmine. A floral name, from French Jasmine, of modern usage. cognate with English Jasmine. 16th century, from French jasmin, from Spanish jazmín, from Arabic…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Jasmine
From French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), from Classical Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), from earlier یاسمن (yāsaman), from Middle Persian yʾsmn' (yāsaman). Borrowed from…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Jāved
From Classical Persian جاوید (jāwēd, “eternal”), from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭠𐭥𐭩𐭲𐭠 (yʾwyt' /jāwēd/, “eternal”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Jazmin
A female given name from Persian, variant of Jasmine.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Johan
An archaic variant of Joan, from Old French Johan, from Latin Johanna. Cf. John. Borrowed from Classical Persian جهان (jahān, “world”), from Middle Persian [script needed]…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Kariśmā
Borrowed from Classical Persian کَرِشْمَه (karišma), probably from Ancient Greek χᾰ́ρῐσμᾰ (khắrĭsmă, “grace, favour, gift”), from χᾰρῐ́ζομαι (khărĭ́zomai, “I show favor”), from…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Kira
Variant of Kyra or borrowed from Russian Ки́ра (Kíra), ultimately from Persian کوروش (Kūrūš). Also used as a respelling of Ciara, from Irish [Term?].
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Mahajbī̃
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَاهجَبِین (māh-jabīn).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends ̃
Mehdi
Chiefly used by Iranian immigrants, from Persian مهدی (mahdi), from Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy, “rightly guided”). Compare Mahdi. From Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Mert
From mert (“male human”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends T
Nargis
Borrowed from Classical Persian نرگس (nargis), from Middle Persian [script needed] (nlgs /nargis/), from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Navāz
Borrowed from Classical Persian نواز (nawāz).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z