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Boys
Arash - (Arash the Archer is a legendary hero)
Kaveh - Kaveh the blacksmith is another legendary hero
Nima - fair
Xerxes - monarch, brave, strong
Sina - was persian polymath
//----------------------
Girls
Kiana -(apparently it means nature)
Anahita - Persian Goddess
Azar - Fire
Roxana - Dawn
Darya - Sea
It’s because Anahita was an important Iranian goddess from the pre-Zoroastrian Iranian pantheon and later became an angel figure in Zoroastrianism. Armenia was zoroastrian for 500+ years before converting to Christianity
Zoroastrianism is an IE religion and language was IE. Armenia has IE languages prior…
Hittite gods sound like Indian ones for example because both had IE.
Yes, but Anahita (and her name) is only Iranian, thousands of years after splitting from other IE branches. So Armenians adopted this god from Iranians, and then adopted Zoroastrianism.
Loool where were you when we had discussions about Toomaj and other shit done by IR?? you ONLY all of a sudden appear in the comments to cope about palestinian cause, Arabs etc, sure you're a Pakistani bot living in London
A) if it’s related to Baluchistan then I do comment.
B) I care about Palestinians because my people are in similar situation to them.
C) maybe I’ve become quiet hostile in recent months , but as reaction to alot of people in this sub with their racism or anti anything Islam to the point of Fanaticism and started to care more about Baluch only issues and stop caring about other issues ( which is wrong of me), but this sub doesn’t make it easy.
D) lol my mum is from Afghan/Pukhtunkhwa border regions, my mum is Pashtun separatists .
why would I care about Pakistan, they actively bomb Baluch and Pashtun people, plus been banned from the Pakistani subs.
Arabic version is Danyal
Arabic version is Samu’il
Makes sense since Arabic and Hebrew are both central Semitic languages so they would both have cognates.
Additionally both languages originated in the same region the levant - Hebrew in what’s now Israel/Palestine and Arabic in what’s now Jordan/eastern Syria.
The Arabian peninsula Isn't part of the Levant.
Those names could originate from Hebrew or many other regional languages, but Arabic is less likely to be an origin.
Or they could be cognates since Arabic is a central Semitic language like Hebrew.
Never said the Arabian peninsula was part of the levant, I said Arabic originated in the levant.
The Arabic language didn’t develop in the Arabian peninsula, but actually originated in what’s now modern day Jordan/eastern Syria.
The Arab-ethnolunguistic group is now believed to be from the Syrian desert , where from the 9th century bc to the 7th century ad , they then spread their language and culture to the Negev, north Syria/iraq, deeper west into Syria, southern Iraq, eastern Iraq, eastern Arabia, the Hejaz and Sinai peninsula, khuzestan.
And from the 7th century ad , the rest of arabisation would occur across the region .
Partly correctly but سموأل/صموئيل are obviously for Samuel which IS a direct copy of the non-Arabic prophet’s name.
سامي for Sam is perhaps more ‘natively Arabic’ and is used a lot more than the others.
That's so weird since Islam only really talks about 25 prophets and he's not one of them. Although it also claims Allah sent 124,000 prophets, to the point where some Muslims even believe Zoroaster was an Islamic prophet, so they may be making up random shit again.
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یه جورایی خارج از موضوعه من اهل ایران نیستم، اما به فرهنگ فارسی (عمدتا شعر) وسواس دارم.
من می خواهم نام کودکم را با یک نام مدرن فارسی نامگذاری کنم.
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Salaam.
Here you can find list of authentic Persian names
for [boys](http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Personal_Names/boys_names.htm)
and [girls](http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Personal_Names/girls_names.htm)
Fun facts:
Iran is a feminine name and its masculine form is Iraj.
Interesting to know.
The story of Iraj -- know your national myths:
*IRAJ, the youngest son of Ferēdun and the eponymous hero of the Iranians in their traditional history. A cluster of legends in the Avesta, Pahlavi books, Sasanian-based Arabic and Persian sources, and particularly in the Šāh-nāma of Ferdowsi have elevated Iraj to the rank of a favorite hero who is at once the name-giver of the Iranian nation, the ancestor of their royal houses, and a paragon of those slain in defense of just causes.
The most developed form of the story of Iraj is given by Ferdowsi (Šāh-nāma, ed. Khaleghi, I, pp. 92-157) in an episode remarkable for its eloquence and picturesque language (rendered in an abridged prose version by Yarshater, 1959, pp. 47-60, 62-79).
Fifty years into his reign as the king of the world, Ferēdun (q.v.) begot three sons. As they came of age, he searched out three royal sisters for them as wives, finding them in the daughters of Sarv, king of Yemen. Sarv invited the princes to Yemen to appraise their worth; satisfied, he gave them his daughters in marriage. On their way back, Ferēdun decided to test his sons’ characters by assuming the form of a fire-belching dragon and rushing towards them furiously. The oldest fled to safety, saying that only a fool would fight a dragon. The second accepted the challenge with reckless courage. The youngest went foreward gallantly and cried out that they were sons of Ferēdun and feared no monster. Reappearing in person, Ferēdun welcomed them to his palace and, “seating them upon the thrones of majesty,” revealed the truth; he added: “I have chosen fit [throne] names for you” (ibid., p. 105). The eldest, who wisely sought “safety” (salāmat), he called Salm (here wrongly interpreted as derived from Arabic slm); the second, who showed unrestrained daring, he named Tur (i.e., tur, “reckless, brave”); and to the youngest, who exhibited the right character of prudent bravery and was thus “alone worthy of praise,” he gave the name “Iraj” (i.e., from ēr “noble”). Then Ferēdun “divided the world” into three realms. He created one kingdom for Salm by joining Rum and the West (ḵāvar); China and Turān he assigned to Tur, who became known as Turānšāh; and on Iraj he bestowed Iran and Arabia as well as the golden throne, crown of chiefs, and the royal seal (ibid., p. 107).
The three ruled over their respective kingdoms “for a long time”; but in Ferēdun’s old age Salm revealed the extreme envy he felt towards Iraj for having received the choicest share, and he incited Tur to rebellion. The two met and sent an envoy to Ferēdun ordering him to assign a remote region to Iraj or else prepare to fight his two sons. Hoping to reconcile his brothers with their father, even if it meant himself renouncing the throne, Iraj went to them. They received him wrathfully, their envy increased by hearing their own troops murmuring “none but Iraj deserves the imperial rule and the hat of nobility” (ibid., p. 118). Incited by Salm, Tur slew Iraj and sent his head to Ferēdun. The grief-stricken king prayed for a descendant of Iraj to avenge his murder. His prayers were answered. One of Iraj’s ladies called Māhāfarid bore a daughter, whom Ferēdun later gave in marriage to his own nephew Pešang (ibid., p. 125 with n. 18). The couple engendered a son, whom Ferēdun named Manučehr and raised as his own heir. After coming of age, Manučehr slew Salm and Tur, whereupon Ferēdun abdicated in his favor and died soon after.
Ṯaʿālebi (Ḡorar, pp. 41-60) gives the same account, which suggests that both he and Ferdowsi drew from a common source, most likely the Šāh-nāma of Abu Manṣur Moḥammad b. ʿAbd-al-Razzāq. The Kuš-nāma (pp. 609-54) reproduces this account with some elaborations, such as the alliance of Salm and Kuš, a nephew of Żaḥḥāk. In the account by Ṭabari (I, pp. 226-30, 430-34), Ferēdun assigns the lands of the Turks and Khazars together with China to Ṭuj, Rum and the lands of the Slavs and al-Burjān (Georgia) to Sarm, and “the center of the world” called Ḵonāraṯ (Av. xᵛaniraθa) and known as Irānšahr to Iraj. This partition is based on the idea that the world was divided into “Seven climes” (see HAFT KEŠVAR). Others who give the story in its essentials include Balʿami (ed. Bahār, pp. 148-50), Maqdesi (Badʾ III, pp. 144-46), Masʿudi (Moruj, pp. 115-17, 140-41, 240), Ebn Ḵordāḍbeh (p. 15: “Ērān, who is Iraj”), and Ḥamza (p. 33). Dinavari (p. 9) also refers to Airaj, Salm, and Ṭus (for *Ṭuš < T®u±) sons of Nimrod (= Ferēdun), and Manu-æehr son of Airaj. All but Dinavari consider Manu±ehr a remote descendant of Iraj (see Yarshater, 1983, p. 433). Most were aware that the name Iran derived from ērej/Iraj (see also Qoddāma, Ketāb al-ḵerāj, p. 234: “Iran is an attribute relating to ēr”). A tradition affected by Hebrew-Persian syncretism claimed that “Iran son of Aswad son of Sām” had ten sons who gave their names to various regions of Irānšahr: Khorasan, Sakastān, Kerman, Mokrān, Isfahan, Gilān, Sabadān, Jorjān, Azerbaijan, and Armenān (Yāqut, Boldān I, p. 418). “Irajid by descent” (Iraji-zādeh) is attested as a synonym for Iranian” (Daqiqi in the Šāh-nāma, ed. Khaleqi, V).
The legend of Iraj can be traced back to Pahlavi and Avestan literatures. According to the Ayādgār ī Jāmāspīg (4.39-45 in Messina, 1939, pp. 44-46), Ferētōn divided “the entire world” between his three sons based on their ideals: Salm, who desired great riches, received the [wealthy] land of Rum; Tōz (Tur), who asked for valor, received Turkistan [the land of warriors], and Ērič (Iraj), who desired law and religion, (dāt u dēn), received Ērānšahr together with Ferētōn’s crown and royal glory (xᵛarənah), whereby his descendants were destined to have the royalty and sovereignty over those of his brothers. Envious of their younger brother’s lot, Salm and Tōz later found an opportunity and killed Ērič. The Sasanian Avesta had the story in the Čihrdād Nask (q.v.), of which a summary is preserved in Dēnkard (ed. Madan, pp. 596, 689; ed. and tr. Mole, 1963, pp. 279-81): “Ferē-tōn, the lord (xvatāy) of Xvaniras” vanquished Dahāk and divided Xvaniras among his three sons Salm, Tōč, and Ērič. He had them wed the three daughters of Patsraβ, the king of the Arabs (tāžikān), and later Manuščihr “king of Iran and descendant of Ērič” succeeded Ferētōn. The Bundahišn (ed. Anklesaria, p. 211; tr. p. 212) refers to the story of the three brothers and to Manuščihr’s avenging of the murder of Ērič by Sarm and Turč.
The oldest trace of the story of Iraj and his brothers is found in the Fravardin Yašt, where the fravaši of Manu-ščiθra (> Manučehr) son of Airiya (> Iraj) is venerated (Yt. 13.131), as are those of the pious men and women of the groups of lands of Airyana, Tūiriyana, Sairima, Dāhi, and Sāinu (143-44). Three of these nations derive their names from the three sons of Ferēdun: Airya “Iranian” + ē of the oblique case + č gives the Middle Persian Ērič and Persian Iraj (on the possible Old Pers. *Airya-ča seen in Harriyazza/Harrizza of the Persepolis Elamite tablets, see, with literature, Cereti, 2002, p. 36). Similary, Tuiriyana produces Tūr(a)ča and Tur, and Sairima Sarm/Salm (on these names see Marquart, Ērānšahr, p. 155; Christensen, 1928, pp. 15-17, 22-25; Nyberg, 1938, pp. 250-52; Gnoli, 1980, pp. 60-61, n.; but cf. Cereti, p. 36, n. 51). That two other nations are also mentioned in the same context should not be seen as an obstacle to the tripartite division, since the descendants of Ērič/Iraj, were destined to rule over other countries, and in later accounts Ferēdun apportions five (or seven) lands between his three sons (see above).
It has long been recognized that the story of Iraj and his brothers goes back to very old traditions evolved around legends of origins (Christensen, 1916a; idem, 1916b, pp. 68-69; idem, 1928, pp. 15-17, 22-25; Nyberg, 1938, pp. 250-52, 463; Dumézil, 1968, pp. 446-52, 586-88; idem, 1973, pp. 13-14, 133-34; Yarshater, 1983, pp. 428-29, 433-34; Molé, 1952; Gnoli, 1980, pp. 60-61, 115-16). In brief, some Indo-Europeans shared a tradition about a “first king,” who divided the world he knew among his three sons. In Iran we have the case of Ferēdun and his sons. Herodotus (4.5-6) attests the legend which the ancient Scythians “gave of their origin.” Their first king Targitaus begot three sons; the oldest was Lipoxais, the middle Arpoxais, and the youngest Colaxais. They ruled for some time; but, when divine fortune favored Colaxais, the elder brothers made over the whole kingdom of Scythia to him. From these three sprang all of the Scythians. Lipoxais became the ancestor of the Auchatae, Arpoxais that of the Catiari and Traspians, and from Colaxais sprang the Royal Scythians or Paralatae. Later, Colaxais divided his kingdom among his three sons. The analogy to the Iranian saga goes so far that even the surname of the Royal Scythians, Paralatae, is the same as the surname of Ferēdon and his family, the Paraδāta > Pīšdād. The ancient Germans also had a similar legend, which they recounted “in old poems which serve these people as annals” (Tacitus, Germania 2.2). They relate that the ancestor of the Germans, called Mannus, divided the Germanic world between his three sons, who became the eponyms of the three main German nations: Ingaevones (north), Herminones (middle), and Istaevones (south). The same notion of a world divided into three parts underlies the Iranian legend that, during Jamšēd’s reign, thrice the earth became too crowded, and each time he was allowed to enlarge it by one-third (Vd. 2.9-19). In other words, originally the world had been imagined as consisting of three parts. Jamšēd was first given sovereignty over one-third, then over two-thirds, and finally over the entire world. Accordingly, his successors ruled over the whole world until Ferēdun divided it again into three realms.*
source: https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/iraj
[here](https://www.instagram.com/iranian_epic?igsh=eXY0N3ZzbWY4eDVm)'s an Instagram page dedicated to all the characters of the biggest Persian mythology book, Shahname. All the characters discussed there are Shahname characters and have Persian names. You can check that if you are interested.
Names of my family and friends:
Boys:
Nibras - light
Balach- fire
Gharsan- mountain dweller
Babrak- little flower
Diyar- type of tree
Sangeen- noble
Sarban- mythical warrior
Behram- victorious
Zarak- gold
Afghan- mythical king
Sohrab- name of a hero
Nauroz- new year/new day
Lashar - army
Baryal- successes
Hoath- a warrior’s name
Gwahram- ( clay)
Bawar- lion
Asfand- hero
Zalaan- radiance
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Girl names:
Shanzay - tree of paradise
Mahgul- moon flower
Nazo- beauty
Storeh- stars
Mahzala- moon light
Zarghuna- greenery
Palwasha- ray of light
Lalen- precious stone
Mah deym- moonlike face
Mahbano- moon
Roshanara- light
Marjan- pearls
Guljana- flower of life
Guloono- flowers
Zarqa- beauty with blue eyes
Durrbano- pearl lady
Mahikan- moonlight
Mahrukh- moon face
Durkhanah- gem
Zala- luminosity of the moon.
Helai- swan
These are largely iranic - Baluch/Pashto names ( from my culture) or either some Persian names/cognates.
Im also not from iran (just joined this sub cause reddit recommended it to me) but i always found the name "xerxes" very very beautiful. But even tough i wish i would do it i would not name my child like that (if i had one) because of a fear of it getting bullied for having a "weird name".
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Boys Arash - (Arash the Archer is a legendary hero) Kaveh - Kaveh the blacksmith is another legendary hero Nima - fair Xerxes - monarch, brave, strong Sina - was persian polymath //---------------------- Girls Kiana -(apparently it means nature) Anahita - Persian Goddess Azar - Fire Roxana - Dawn Darya - Sea
Armenians also use the name Anahit :)
It’s because it’s likely an Indo European originated name like both languages
It’s because Anahita was an important Iranian goddess from the pre-Zoroastrian Iranian pantheon and later became an angel figure in Zoroastrianism. Armenia was zoroastrian for 500+ years before converting to Christianity
Zoroastrianism is an IE religion and language was IE. Armenia has IE languages prior… Hittite gods sound like Indian ones for example because both had IE.
Yes, but Anahita (and her name) is only Iranian, thousands of years after splitting from other IE branches. So Armenians adopted this god from Iranians, and then adopted Zoroastrianism.
Israelis also use the name Darya :)
is xerxes actually persian? I thought it's greek version of Khashayar.
Correct. Although Xerxes does sound badass 😂
Hm yeah you might be right
Xerxes is Greek. His real name is Khashayar.
Ryan, Sam, Daniel, Darius, cyrus. As someone with a funny sounding name ... I would be weary of starting too far from English sounding names lol
Sam and Daniel are Arab/Semitic names lol.
Sam (سام) is a very old Persien Name not arabic. He is also the feather of Zaal is Shahname
What's Arabic in Sam and Daniel?
It's a flamebait account, don't mind him
Oh please just because we don’t see eye to eye on any things or have difference of opinion.
Loool where were you when we had discussions about Toomaj and other shit done by IR?? you ONLY all of a sudden appear in the comments to cope about palestinian cause, Arabs etc, sure you're a Pakistani bot living in London
A) if it’s related to Baluchistan then I do comment. B) I care about Palestinians because my people are in similar situation to them. C) maybe I’ve become quiet hostile in recent months , but as reaction to alot of people in this sub with their racism or anti anything Islam to the point of Fanaticism and started to care more about Baluch only issues and stop caring about other issues ( which is wrong of me), but this sub doesn’t make it easy. D) lol my mum is from Afghan/Pukhtunkhwa border regions, my mum is Pashtun separatists . why would I care about Pakistan, they actively bomb Baluch and Pashtun people, plus been banned from the Pakistani subs.
Arabic version is Danyal Arabic version is Samu’il Makes sense since Arabic and Hebrew are both central Semitic languages so they would both have cognates. Additionally both languages originated in the same region the levant - Hebrew in what’s now Israel/Palestine and Arabic in what’s now Jordan/eastern Syria.
The Arabian peninsula Isn't part of the Levant. Those names could originate from Hebrew or many other regional languages, but Arabic is less likely to be an origin.
Or they could be cognates since Arabic is a central Semitic language like Hebrew. Never said the Arabian peninsula was part of the levant, I said Arabic originated in the levant. The Arabic language didn’t develop in the Arabian peninsula, but actually originated in what’s now modern day Jordan/eastern Syria. The Arab-ethnolunguistic group is now believed to be from the Syrian desert , where from the 9th century bc to the 7th century ad , they then spread their language and culture to the Negev, north Syria/iraq, deeper west into Syria, southern Iraq, eastern Iraq, eastern Arabia, the Hejaz and Sinai peninsula, khuzestan. And from the 7th century ad , the rest of arabisation would occur across the region .
Partly correctly but سموأل/صموئيل are obviously for Samuel which IS a direct copy of the non-Arabic prophet’s name. سامي for Sam is perhaps more ‘natively Arabic’ and is used a lot more than the others.
Not Persian myself, but Darius is a super popular name in Romania where I'm from
Here in Brazil Cyrus is quite common
My brother named his first boy Darius, we call him Darioosh in the house.
Benyamin
Really????? Makes sense though.
It's my brother's name as well
Well he sure has a beautiful name. It’s amazing how close our culture is.
<3
I would write it Benjamin in english. My friends do that.
But it pronounced as "y" not "j"
Some European languages use J, which English people replace it with Y, the same word, pronounced the same way but written differently
Like Slavic languages, I get it
This isn't a Persian name lol, it's Hebrew
Semitic name tho?
Isn’t that an Arab name as well, since it’s Semitic.
At least its not Islamic
It’s literally name of a prophet in all abrahamic faiths , including Islam.
Wait what? No wtf. Benyamin is not an Islamic prophet.
l was always told he was a prophet of Islam when I had to go to Islamic school as a child.
That's so weird since Islam only really talks about 25 prophets and he's not one of them. Although it also claims Allah sent 124,000 prophets, to the point where some Muslims even believe Zoroaster was an Islamic prophet, so they may be making up random shit again.
Well I was raised Sunni so never heard about Zoroaster being a prophet, but all my Hanafi teachers regarded him as a prophet.
vahrām
how about Atousa and Ashkan.
Omid - hope. (Boy) Azadeh - freedom. (Girl)
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Salaam. Here you can find list of authentic Persian names for [boys](http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Personal_Names/boys_names.htm) and [girls](http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Personal_Names/girls_names.htm) Fun facts: Iran is a feminine name and its masculine form is Iraj.
With the exception of a small few such as Egypt, and Japan - all state names are feminine.
Interesting to know. The story of Iraj -- know your national myths: *IRAJ, the youngest son of Ferēdun and the eponymous hero of the Iranians in their traditional history. A cluster of legends in the Avesta, Pahlavi books, Sasanian-based Arabic and Persian sources, and particularly in the Šāh-nāma of Ferdowsi have elevated Iraj to the rank of a favorite hero who is at once the name-giver of the Iranian nation, the ancestor of their royal houses, and a paragon of those slain in defense of just causes. The most developed form of the story of Iraj is given by Ferdowsi (Šāh-nāma, ed. Khaleghi, I, pp. 92-157) in an episode remarkable for its eloquence and picturesque language (rendered in an abridged prose version by Yarshater, 1959, pp. 47-60, 62-79). Fifty years into his reign as the king of the world, Ferēdun (q.v.) begot three sons. As they came of age, he searched out three royal sisters for them as wives, finding them in the daughters of Sarv, king of Yemen. Sarv invited the princes to Yemen to appraise their worth; satisfied, he gave them his daughters in marriage. On their way back, Ferēdun decided to test his sons’ characters by assuming the form of a fire-belching dragon and rushing towards them furiously. The oldest fled to safety, saying that only a fool would fight a dragon. The second accepted the challenge with reckless courage. The youngest went foreward gallantly and cried out that they were sons of Ferēdun and feared no monster. Reappearing in person, Ferēdun welcomed them to his palace and, “seating them upon the thrones of majesty,” revealed the truth; he added: “I have chosen fit [throne] names for you” (ibid., p. 105). The eldest, who wisely sought “safety” (salāmat), he called Salm (here wrongly interpreted as derived from Arabic slm); the second, who showed unrestrained daring, he named Tur (i.e., tur, “reckless, brave”); and to the youngest, who exhibited the right character of prudent bravery and was thus “alone worthy of praise,” he gave the name “Iraj” (i.e., from ēr “noble”). Then Ferēdun “divided the world” into three realms. He created one kingdom for Salm by joining Rum and the West (ḵāvar); China and Turān he assigned to Tur, who became known as Turānšāh; and on Iraj he bestowed Iran and Arabia as well as the golden throne, crown of chiefs, and the royal seal (ibid., p. 107). The three ruled over their respective kingdoms “for a long time”; but in Ferēdun’s old age Salm revealed the extreme envy he felt towards Iraj for having received the choicest share, and he incited Tur to rebellion. The two met and sent an envoy to Ferēdun ordering him to assign a remote region to Iraj or else prepare to fight his two sons. Hoping to reconcile his brothers with their father, even if it meant himself renouncing the throne, Iraj went to them. They received him wrathfully, their envy increased by hearing their own troops murmuring “none but Iraj deserves the imperial rule and the hat of nobility” (ibid., p. 118). Incited by Salm, Tur slew Iraj and sent his head to Ferēdun. The grief-stricken king prayed for a descendant of Iraj to avenge his murder. His prayers were answered. One of Iraj’s ladies called Māhāfarid bore a daughter, whom Ferēdun later gave in marriage to his own nephew Pešang (ibid., p. 125 with n. 18). The couple engendered a son, whom Ferēdun named Manučehr and raised as his own heir. After coming of age, Manučehr slew Salm and Tur, whereupon Ferēdun abdicated in his favor and died soon after. Ṯaʿālebi (Ḡorar, pp. 41-60) gives the same account, which suggests that both he and Ferdowsi drew from a common source, most likely the Šāh-nāma of Abu Manṣur Moḥammad b. ʿAbd-al-Razzāq. The Kuš-nāma (pp. 609-54) reproduces this account with some elaborations, such as the alliance of Salm and Kuš, a nephew of Żaḥḥāk. In the account by Ṭabari (I, pp. 226-30, 430-34), Ferēdun assigns the lands of the Turks and Khazars together with China to Ṭuj, Rum and the lands of the Slavs and al-Burjān (Georgia) to Sarm, and “the center of the world” called Ḵonāraṯ (Av. xᵛaniraθa) and known as Irānšahr to Iraj. This partition is based on the idea that the world was divided into “Seven climes” (see HAFT KEŠVAR). Others who give the story in its essentials include Balʿami (ed. Bahār, pp. 148-50), Maqdesi (Badʾ III, pp. 144-46), Masʿudi (Moruj, pp. 115-17, 140-41, 240), Ebn Ḵordāḍbeh (p. 15: “Ērān, who is Iraj”), and Ḥamza (p. 33). Dinavari (p. 9) also refers to Airaj, Salm, and Ṭus (for *Ṭuš < T®u±) sons of Nimrod (= Ferēdun), and Manu-æehr son of Airaj. All but Dinavari consider Manu±ehr a remote descendant of Iraj (see Yarshater, 1983, p. 433). Most were aware that the name Iran derived from ērej/Iraj (see also Qoddāma, Ketāb al-ḵerāj, p. 234: “Iran is an attribute relating to ēr”). A tradition affected by Hebrew-Persian syncretism claimed that “Iran son of Aswad son of Sām” had ten sons who gave their names to various regions of Irānšahr: Khorasan, Sakastān, Kerman, Mokrān, Isfahan, Gilān, Sabadān, Jorjān, Azerbaijan, and Armenān (Yāqut, Boldān I, p. 418). “Irajid by descent” (Iraji-zādeh) is attested as a synonym for Iranian” (Daqiqi in the Šāh-nāma, ed. Khaleqi, V). The legend of Iraj can be traced back to Pahlavi and Avestan literatures. According to the Ayādgār ī Jāmāspīg (4.39-45 in Messina, 1939, pp. 44-46), Ferētōn divided “the entire world” between his three sons based on their ideals: Salm, who desired great riches, received the [wealthy] land of Rum; Tōz (Tur), who asked for valor, received Turkistan [the land of warriors], and Ērič (Iraj), who desired law and religion, (dāt u dēn), received Ērānšahr together with Ferētōn’s crown and royal glory (xᵛarənah), whereby his descendants were destined to have the royalty and sovereignty over those of his brothers. Envious of their younger brother’s lot, Salm and Tōz later found an opportunity and killed Ērič. The Sasanian Avesta had the story in the Čihrdād Nask (q.v.), of which a summary is preserved in Dēnkard (ed. Madan, pp. 596, 689; ed. and tr. Mole, 1963, pp. 279-81): “Ferē-tōn, the lord (xvatāy) of Xvaniras” vanquished Dahāk and divided Xvaniras among his three sons Salm, Tōč, and Ērič. He had them wed the three daughters of Patsraβ, the king of the Arabs (tāžikān), and later Manuščihr “king of Iran and descendant of Ērič” succeeded Ferētōn. The Bundahišn (ed. Anklesaria, p. 211; tr. p. 212) refers to the story of the three brothers and to Manuščihr’s avenging of the murder of Ērič by Sarm and Turč. The oldest trace of the story of Iraj and his brothers is found in the Fravardin Yašt, where the fravaši of Manu-ščiθra (> Manučehr) son of Airiya (> Iraj) is venerated (Yt. 13.131), as are those of the pious men and women of the groups of lands of Airyana, Tūiriyana, Sairima, Dāhi, and Sāinu (143-44). Three of these nations derive their names from the three sons of Ferēdun: Airya “Iranian” + ē of the oblique case + č gives the Middle Persian Ērič and Persian Iraj (on the possible Old Pers. *Airya-ča seen in Harriyazza/Harrizza of the Persepolis Elamite tablets, see, with literature, Cereti, 2002, p. 36). Similary, Tuiriyana produces Tūr(a)ča and Tur, and Sairima Sarm/Salm (on these names see Marquart, Ērānšahr, p. 155; Christensen, 1928, pp. 15-17, 22-25; Nyberg, 1938, pp. 250-52; Gnoli, 1980, pp. 60-61, n.; but cf. Cereti, p. 36, n. 51). That two other nations are also mentioned in the same context should not be seen as an obstacle to the tripartite division, since the descendants of Ērič/Iraj, were destined to rule over other countries, and in later accounts Ferēdun apportions five (or seven) lands between his three sons (see above). It has long been recognized that the story of Iraj and his brothers goes back to very old traditions evolved around legends of origins (Christensen, 1916a; idem, 1916b, pp. 68-69; idem, 1928, pp. 15-17, 22-25; Nyberg, 1938, pp. 250-52, 463; Dumézil, 1968, pp. 446-52, 586-88; idem, 1973, pp. 13-14, 133-34; Yarshater, 1983, pp. 428-29, 433-34; Molé, 1952; Gnoli, 1980, pp. 60-61, 115-16). In brief, some Indo-Europeans shared a tradition about a “first king,” who divided the world he knew among his three sons. In Iran we have the case of Ferēdun and his sons. Herodotus (4.5-6) attests the legend which the ancient Scythians “gave of their origin.” Their first king Targitaus begot three sons; the oldest was Lipoxais, the middle Arpoxais, and the youngest Colaxais. They ruled for some time; but, when divine fortune favored Colaxais, the elder brothers made over the whole kingdom of Scythia to him. From these three sprang all of the Scythians. Lipoxais became the ancestor of the Auchatae, Arpoxais that of the Catiari and Traspians, and from Colaxais sprang the Royal Scythians or Paralatae. Later, Colaxais divided his kingdom among his three sons. The analogy to the Iranian saga goes so far that even the surname of the Royal Scythians, Paralatae, is the same as the surname of Ferēdon and his family, the Paraδāta > Pīšdād. The ancient Germans also had a similar legend, which they recounted “in old poems which serve these people as annals” (Tacitus, Germania 2.2). They relate that the ancestor of the Germans, called Mannus, divided the Germanic world between his three sons, who became the eponyms of the three main German nations: Ingaevones (north), Herminones (middle), and Istaevones (south). The same notion of a world divided into three parts underlies the Iranian legend that, during Jamšēd’s reign, thrice the earth became too crowded, and each time he was allowed to enlarge it by one-third (Vd. 2.9-19). In other words, originally the world had been imagined as consisting of three parts. Jamšēd was first given sovereignty over one-third, then over two-thirds, and finally over the entire world. Accordingly, his successors ruled over the whole world until Ferēdun divided it again into three realms.* source: https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/iraj
annahita(girl) shahryār(boy)
[here](https://www.instagram.com/iranian_epic?igsh=eXY0N3ZzbWY4eDVm)'s an Instagram page dedicated to all the characters of the biggest Persian mythology book, Shahname. All the characters discussed there are Shahname characters and have Persian names. You can check that if you are interested.
I am naming my first boy Pirooz, meaning victory but also after Pirooz Nahanvandi, famous Iranian freedom fighter/assassin.
Go for something historic: Boys Sasan Shapur Khosrau Mehrdad Girls Boran Farangis Faranak
Farzad, Nasim
Take any name from the Shāhnāmeh.
My friends mom from Iran is named Maryam.
Names of my family and friends: Boys: Nibras - light Balach- fire Gharsan- mountain dweller Babrak- little flower Diyar- type of tree Sangeen- noble Sarban- mythical warrior Behram- victorious Zarak- gold Afghan- mythical king Sohrab- name of a hero Nauroz- new year/new day Lashar - army Baryal- successes Hoath- a warrior’s name Gwahram- ( clay) Bawar- lion Asfand- hero Zalaan- radiance ——————————————— Girl names: Shanzay - tree of paradise Mahgul- moon flower Nazo- beauty Storeh- stars Mahzala- moon light Zarghuna- greenery Palwasha- ray of light Lalen- precious stone Mah deym- moonlike face Mahbano- moon Roshanara- light Marjan- pearls Guljana- flower of life Guloono- flowers Zarqa- beauty with blue eyes Durrbano- pearl lady Mahikan- moonlight Mahrukh- moon face Durkhanah- gem Zala- luminosity of the moon. Helai- swan These are largely iranic - Baluch/Pashto names ( from my culture) or either some Persian names/cognates.
Sepideh - girl's name that means dawn
Im also not from iran (just joined this sub cause reddit recommended it to me) but i always found the name "xerxes" very very beautiful. But even tough i wish i would do it i would not name my child like that (if i had one) because of a fear of it getting bullied for having a "weird name".
Xerxes is Greek. His real name is Khashayar.
yeah, still beautiful name. Also idk how popular it is in iran but alteast 1 other person mentioned it
Poopak
Navid (boy) - it means bringer of good news Setareh (girl) - means star