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104 names · Page 2 of 2. Origin labels follow the cited name sense; earlier roots and uncertain meanings are explained on each name page.

Nazenin

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نَازَنِین (Nâzenîn), in turn borrowed from Classical Persian نَازَنِین (nāzanīn).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends N

Nergis

From nergis.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends S

Nesrin

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نسرین (Nesrin), from Classical Persian نسرین (nasrīn).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Nərgiz

From nərgiz (“narcissus”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Z

Nihal

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نهال (nihāl, “a sapling, offshoot”), from Persian نهال (nehâl, nahâl).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends L

Nisrīn

Borrowed from Persian نسرین (nasrin).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Parvez

Borrowed from Classical Persian پرویز (parwēz).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Z

Parvin

Borrowed from Persian پروین (parvin).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Parvīn

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَرْوِین (parwīn). Cognate with Punjabi ਪਰਵੀਨ (parvīn) / پَرْوِین (parvīn).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Reza

Borrowed from Iranian Persian رِضَا (rezâ), from Classical Persian رِضَا (rizā), borrowed from Arabic رِضَا (riḍā), from رِضًا (riḍan, “satisfaction, fulfillment”), verbal noun…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Riza

Borrowed from Persian رِضَا (rizā), borrowed from Arabic رِضَا (riḍā), from رِضًا (riḍan, “satisfaction, fulfillment”), verbal noun of رَضِيَ (raḍiya, “to be pleased; to be…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Roxana

From Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē) of Old Persian or Bactrian origin. Akin to Persian روشن (rowšan).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Roxanna

A female given name from Persian, variant of Roxana.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Roxanne

A female given name from Persian; a spelling variant of Roxane, fairly popular since the 1930s. Borrowed from English Roxanne, variant of Roxane, from French Roxane, from…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends E

Rustam

Borrowed from Classical Persian رُسْتَم (rustam), from Middle Persian lwtsthm (/⁠rōdstahm⁠/), from lwd (/⁠rōd⁠/, “river”) + stʾhmb (/⁠stahm⁠/, “force, power”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

Rüstem

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رستم (rüstem), borrowed from Classical Persian رُسْتَم (rustam), from Middle Persian lwtsthm (/⁠rōdstahm⁠/), from lwd (/⁠rōd⁠/, “river”) + stʾhmb…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

Ruxsār

Borrowed from Classical Persian رخسار (ruxsār).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Śabnam

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَبْنَم (šabnam). By surface analysis, शब (śab, “night”) + नम (nam, “moisture”). Compare Bengali শবনম (śobnom), Punjabi ਸ਼ਬਨਮ (śabnam).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

Šahrazād

Either from Middle Persian *čihrāzād⁠ (“noble lineage”) or from Classical Persian شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād, “child of the city”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends D

Śāhrux

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاهْرُخ (šāhrux).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends X

Śāistā

Borrowed from Classical Persian شایسته (šāyista).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Samira

From Persian سمیرا.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Scheherazade

Borrowed from German Scheherazade, from Russian Шехераза́да (Šexerazáda), from Classical Persian شَهْرَازَاد (šahrāzād), alternative form of شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād); either a…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends E

Şebnem

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شبنم (Şebnem), from Classical Persian شبنم (šabnam).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

Śer

Borrowed from Classical Persian شیر (šēr). Doublet of सियार (siyār), सृगाल (sŕgāl), शृगाल (śŕgāl), and शृकाल (śŕkāl).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends R

Serdar

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سردار (serdâr), from Classical Persian سردار (sardār). By surface analysis, ser + -dar.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Şeyda

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شیدا, from Classical Persian شَیْدَا (šaydā, “enamored”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Seyed

Borrowed from Iranian Persian سید (seyyed), from Classical Persian سَیِّد (sayyid), from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends D

Şəbnəm

From şəbnəm (“dew”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends M

Shirin

From Persian شیرین.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Sībawayh

From Persian سیبویه (sibuya).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends H

Śīrīn

Borrowed from Classical Persian شیرین (śīrīn).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Tuana

From Classical Persian تُوَانَا (tuwānā, “powerful”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Vashti

Borrowed from Hebrew וַשְׁתִּי (vaštī).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends I

Xurśīd

Borrowed from Classical Persian خورشید (xuršēd /xoršid). Doublet of ख़्वुरशेद (xvurśed).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends D

Xusro

Borrowed from Classical Persian خسرو (xusraw), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 (hwslwdy /⁠Husrōy⁠/), 𐮰𐮵𐮽𐮹𐮵𐮱𐮵 (hwslwb' /⁠Husrav⁠/), from Old Median *Husravah, from…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends O

Yārā

Borrowed from Persian یارا (yârâ).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Yasmina

Variant of Jasmine, often representing a transliteration of the corresponding Arabic and Persian names.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Yasmine

Variant of Jasmine, often representing a transliteration of the corresponding Arabic and Persian names. Variant of Jasmine, often representing a transliteration of the…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends E