Persian Boy Names
238 names, 238 with a documented meaning.
Names 1–100 of 238 (page 1 of 3)
About this list
100% of the names in Persian Boy Names have a documented meaning.
23 names are in the 2024 US Social Security file. Best ranked: Asa (#474, boys), Sam (#650, boys), Ram (#2,128, boys), Javan (#4,184, boys), Dastan (#5,878, boys).
Counts are distinct names; a name recorded for both genders counts once. A documented meaning is a real gloss in our data, not an import placeholder. Origin is the label recorded in the dataset: "English", "Muslim" and "Quranic" are collection labels, not languages, so they are counted as no language label. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
Persian Boy Names
| Name | Meaning | US rank 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Asa | Asa is a Persian name for boys and girls that means similarity, likeness. It also means beautification, adornment. Asa also means might, power, capability. | #474 |
| Sam | Sam is a Persian name for boys that means precious coin, coins made of silver or gold. | #650 |
| Ram | Ram is a Persian name for boys that means happy, joyous. | #2128 |
| Javan | Javan is a Persian name for boys that means young. | #4184 |
| Dastan | Dastan is a Persian name for boys that means story, fable, legend. | #5878 |
| Artin | Artin is a Persian name for boys the means pure, virtuous. | #6811 |
| Borna | Borna is a Persian name for boys that means young, brave. | #6811 |
| Del | Del is a Persian name for girls and boys that means heart. | #6811 |
| Rad | Rad is a Persian name for boys that means generous, selfless, free, wise. | #6811 |
| Sina | Sina is a Persian name for boys that refers to Mount Sinai, known as Saynaa in Arabic. | #6811 |
| Arta | Arta is a Persian name for boys and girls, it comes from ancient Persian and means pure, virtuous, sacred. | #8287 |
| Iraj | Iraj is a Persian name for boys that means helper of the Ari people (the people of Iran, also called Aryans). | #8287 |
| Ardin | Ardin is a Persian name for boys that means pure man, virtuous man. | #9864 |
| Aayaan | Aayaan is a Persian name for boys that means long night. It also means improvisation, impulse, instinct, intuition. | #10889 |
| Arsam | Arsam is a Persian name for boys that means one who is strong like a bear. | #10889 |
| Bardia | Bardia is a Persian name for boys that means high in status, magnificent. | #10889 |
| Kourosh | Kourosh is a Persian name for boys that means like the Sun. Kourosh is the name of the founder of the Achaemenid Empire in Persia, who is known as Cyrus the Great in English. | #10889 |
| Radvin | Radvin is a Persian name for boys that means generous, noble. | #10889 |
| Shahram | Shahram is a Persian name for boys that means trusty soldier/servant of the king. | #10889 |
| Arsham | Arsham is a Persian name for boys. It is the name of an ancient Persian personality who was the grandfather of Darius the Great (third emperor of the Persian Achaemenid Empire) and who is known as Arsames in English. | #12301 |
| Aryaman | Arayaman is a Persian name for boys that means giver of consolation, giver of tranquility, giver of success. Aryaman is the name of a brave warrior and leader in the army of Xerxes I, emperor of Persia. | #12301 |
| Novin | Novin is a Persian name for boys that means new, fresh. | #12301 |
| Raman | Raman is Persian name for boys that means happy, joyous. | #12301 |
| Abanus | Abanus is an Urdu variant of the Persian name Abnus. Either spelling and pronunciation is acceptable. For more details see: Abnus | |
| Abinus | Abinus is an Urdu variant of the Persian name Abnus. Both are acceptable. | |
| Abnus | Abnus is a Persian name for boys and girls that means ebony, which is a dense and expensive type of wood that can sink in water, used for making musical instruments. It is not a Quranic name but Muslims can use it since it doesnt have a bad meaning. | |
| Afshar | Afshar is a Persian name for boys that means friend, companion. It is originally from Turkish. | |
| Ahvaz | Ahvaz is a Persian name for boys and girls that refers to a southern city of Iran in the Khuzestan Province, on the banks of the Karun River. | |
| Alborz | Alborz is a Persian name for boys that means great mountain, high mountain. The word Alborz is originally from the Pahlavi words Har (mountain) and borz (high). Alborz is the name of a mountain range in Iran. | |
| Alvand | Alvand is a Persian name for boys and girls that means powerful, strong, agile. It is the name of a mountain in Kurdistan (near Hamadan in Iran) and the name of a river near Qasr Shirin in Iran. | |
| Amooz | Amooz is a Persian name for boys that means teacher, instructor, to learn. It is often used as a suffix to other names, such as Danesh Amooz (teacher of knowledge, source of wisdom), but it can also be used alone as a name. | |
| Anaqat | Anaqat is a Persian and Urdu name for boys and girls that means elegance. | |
| Anasat | Serenity and Tranquility.. Anasat is a Persian and Urdu name for boys and girls that means tranquility, peace of mind, lack of fear and worry. It is a variant of the Arabic name Anasa. | |
| Anoushiravan | Anoushiravan is a Persian name for boys that means eternal, immortal, everlasting. It is the name of an emperor of Persia known as Khosrau I in English. | |
| Anushah | Anushah is a Persian name for boys and girls that means everlasting, immortal, firm and strong. Anushah can also mean happiness and good fortune. Anushah is a variant of the name Anusheh. | |
| Anusheh | Anusheh is a Persian name for boys and girls that means everlasting, immortal, firm and strong. Anusheh can also mean happiness and good fortune. | |
| Arang | Arang is a Persian and Urdu name for boys and girls that means color, state, phase. | |
| Ardeshir | Ardeshir is a Persian name for boys that means fearless, extremely courageous. It is the name of a number of Achaemenid emperors. | |
| Areen | Areen is a Persian name for boys that means one who belongs to the Ari people. Ari refers to the people of ancient Persia, today known as Aryan, and in Sanskrit and ancient Persian means noble and pure. | |
| Arjasb | Arjasb is a Persian name for boys that means keeper of expensive and noble horses. It is the name of the king of Turan in the Shahnameh epic. | |
| Arjomand | Arjomand is a Persian name for boys that means dear, beloved, respected, esteemed. | |
| Arkhun | Arkhun is a Persian and Urdu name that means leader, lord. It is derived from the Greek word Archon. | |
| Armaghan | Armaghan is a Persian and Urdu name for boys and girls that means gift. | |
| Arsan | Arsan is a Persian name for boys that means council, gathering. | |
| Arshak | Arshak is a Persian name for boys that means man, male, virile, masculine. It is derived from the arshan root (masculinity, man) of the ancient Persian and Pahlavi languages. | |
| Arshama | Arshamam is a Persian name for boys. It is the name of the grandfather of Darius the Great (third emperor of the Persian Achaemenid Empire), who is known as Arsames in English. A variant of this name is Arsham. | |
| Arshavir | Arshavir is a Persian name for boys that means pure man, virtuous man. | |
| Arsin | Arsin is a Persian name for boys that means warrior, fighter. | |
| Artabaz | It's a Persian name for boys. It is the name various people from ancient Persian history, the name of many Armenian kings, and the name of a friend of Cyrus the Great, and an army commander under Darius III. The meaning of this name is unclear, we know that the Arta- part means virtuous, good, sacred. | |
| Artan | Artan is a Persian name for boys that means virtuous, doer of good deeds. | |
| Arteban | Arteban is a Persian name for boys that means protector of the virtuous one. It is formed from the Pahlavi roots of Arte (sacred, virtuous) and -ban (protector). | |
| Arteshtar | Arteshtar is a Persian name for boys that means warrior, soldier. | |
| Arvand | Arvand is a Persian and Urdu name for boys that means clever, artful, agile, brave. It is also another name for the river Tigris. Arvand is the name of the father of King Sohrab, who is a king mentioned in the Shahnameh epic. | |
| Arveen | Arveen is a Persian and Urdu name for boys and girls that means test, experiment. The A in the beginning can be pronounced long (as in the English word arm), it can also be pronounced short (as in the u in up). | |
| Aryabod | Aryabod is a Persian name for boys that means chief of the Arya people, leader of the Arya people. Arya is the name that the ancient people of greater Persia used to refer to their own race. | |
| Aryano | Aryano is a Persian name for boys that means new Arya. Arya itself means the noble people, the excellent people, therefore Aryano means a new member of the noble people. Arya is the name that the people of ancient Persia called their own race. | |
| Aryou | Aryou is a Persian name for boys that means one who belongs to the Ari people, meaning the people of Iran, also known as Aryans. | |
| Asha | Asha is a Persian name for boys and girls. It is a synonym of Asa and means similarity, likeness, adornment. | |
| Atabak | Atabak is a Persian name for boys that means grandfather, in the Qajar period in Iran it meant minister. | |
| Atbin | Atbin is a Persian name for boys that means doer of good deeds, virtuous. It is from the Avestan language of Persia. | |
| Avesta | It's a Persian name for boys and girls that means principle, foundation, refuge, fellowship. It is also the name of an ancient language of Persia and the name of the holy book of Zoroastrianism, an ancient religion of Persia which some Muslim scholars consider a true religion inspired by God that, like Christianity | |
| Awj | Awj is a Persian and Arabic name for boys that means height, pinnacle, top. It is originally taken from Sanskrit. | |
| Aydeen | Aydeen is a Persian name for boys that means radiance, light, lucid, clear, translucent, figuratively it means enlightened, educated, clear-minded. | |
| Ayeen | Ayeen is a Persian name for boys that means creed, habit, method. | |
| Azal | Azal is a Persian and Arabic name for boys and girls that means eternity, since the beginning of time. | |
| Azali | Azali is a Persian and Arabic name for boys that means eternal. | |
| Azarang | Azarang is a Persian name for boys that means brilliant, shining, glowing. | |
| Babak | Babak is a Persian name for boys that means father, mentor, and in ancient Persia was used as an endearing term for fathers (similar to daddy in English). | |
| Babr | Babr is a Persian name for boys that means tiger. | |
| Bahamin | Bahamin is a Persian name for boys and girls that means spring (the season). It comes from Pahlavi (ancient Persian) origins. | |
| Bahzad | Bahzad is the Kurdish variant of the Persian name Behzad and means noble, high-born. | |
| Bakhshayesh | Bakhshayesh is a Persian name for boys that means forgiveness, pardon. | |
| Bakhtaavar | Bakhtaavar is a Persian name for boys that means bringer of good fortune, luck-bringer. It is formed from Bakht (luck) and -aavar (bringer). | |
| Bakhtar | Bakhtar is a Persian name for boys that means west, north, and in older Persian it meant east. The root of this name is the source of the English word Bactria, which was the name of a region that corresponds to todays northern Afghanistan. In Pahlavi (ancient Persian), Bakhtar meant star. | |
| Bakhtavar | Bakhtavar is a Persian name for boys that means lucky, fortunate. | |
| Bakhtiar | Bakhtiar is a Persian name for boys that means blessed, fortunate. | |
| Barja | Barja is a Persian name for boys and girls that means worthy, deserving, fitting. It also means stable, firmly in place, unshakable. | |
| Barmak | Barmak is a Persian name originally from Sanskrit that means chief, leader. | |
| Behboud | Behboud is a Persian name for boys that means wellness, the state of being well and healthy. | |
| Behdad | Behdad is a Persian name for boys that means extremely fair, extremely just. | |
| Behrad | Behrad is a Persian name for boys that means generous, doer of good deeds. | |
| Behram | Behram is a Persian name for boys that means planet Mars. It is the name of many ancient Persian kings. | |
| Behruz | Behruz is a Persian name for boys that means fortunate, lucky and literally it means one who is having a good day. | |
| Behsa | Behsa is a Persian name for boys and girls that means good, kind, virtuous, honorable. It is formed from Beh (good) and -sa (like), thus the literal meaning is one who is similar to good and virtuous people. | |
| Behshad | Behshad is a Persian name for boys that means happy and good, happy and virtuous. | |
| Behtash | Behtash is a Persian-Turkish name for boys that means good friend, good companion. | |
| Bizhan | Bizhan is a Persian name for boys. It is the name of a Persian hero mentioned in the Shahnameh, son of Gheev and Banu Gushasb (daughter of Rustam). | |
| Borumand | Borumand is a Persian name for boys that means productive, powerful, well-guided, blessed. | |
| Borzan | Borzan is a Persian name for boys that means great, magnificent. | |
| Borzou | Borzou is a Persian name for boys that means high in status, it is the name of the son of Sohrab, son of Rustam e Zal in Persian mythology. The origin of the name is the Avestan language. | |
| Bozorg | Bozorg is a Persian name for boys that means great, important, magnificent, chief. | |
| Bozorgmehr | Bozorgmehr is a Persian name for boys. It was the name of an adviser to the Persian emperor Anushiravan. The name itself is formed from Bozorg (great) and mehr (kindness, mercy). | |
| Bustan | Bustan is a Persian name for boys and girls that means orchard, garden, forest, it can refer to any form of greenery and is the opposite of desert. | |
| Dadmehr | Dadmehr is a Persian name for boys that means lover of justice, lover of fairness. | |
| Dadvar | Dadvar is a Persian name for boys that means judge, arbitrator. | |
| Dalir | Dalir is a Persian name for boys that means brave, courageous. | |
| Danesh | Danesh is a Persian name for boys and girls that means knowledge, wisdom. | |
| Daneshvar | Daneshvar is a Persian name for boys that means scholar, intellectual, learned, wise, educated. | |
| Daria | Daria is a Persian name for boys that means owner, acquirer, figuratively meaning wealthy, blessed. Daria is the name of a king of Persia. | |
| Davar | Davar is a Persian name for boys that means judge, arbitrator, lord, king. |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.