Some of these names still exist, (Bahar, Benafsha, Tanaz..etc.) however, most
have been supressed by Arab (Islamic) Invaders due to their association with
Khorasan's' old faith, Zoroastrianism.
Names of girls:
ABAN: Waters; name of an angel; name of 10th day and 8th month
ABANDOKHT: Daughter of Aban
ABANHIR: Possessing essence of Aban
ABENAHIR: Water of stream or canal
Aimai
Alibai
ANAHITA: Stainless, immaculate; name (or epithet) of an angel (Ardvi Sura
Anahita) identified with the sacred Waters (Aban)
ARDVISURA: lit. "mighty Ardvi": Brilliant waters; name of a river in Iran; name
of an angel (Ardvi Sura Anahita) identified
with the sacred Waters (Aban)
AREDETFREDHI: One having a righteous father; mother of a future savior
ARENAVACHI: Speaking the truth; daughter of King Jamshed
ARGAVAN: Red color
ARMAITI: Humility, devotion, piety; name of an Archangel
ARMINDOKHT: Daughter of a dweller of the garden of Eden
ARNAVAZ: Holy comforter
ARNAZ: Purely graceful
ARTA: Righteous
ARTDOKHT: Righteous daughter
ARYENISH: Of a noble lineage
ARZU: Wish
ASHA: Righteousness, holiness
ASHISHVANGH: Good blessings, sanctity; name of an angel (Av. Ashi Vanghuhi);
name of 25th day of month
ATURDOKHT: Daughter of Fire
AVA: (= Aban) Waters; name of an angel; name of 10th day and eighth month
Avabai
AZAD, AZADEH: Noble
AZADDOKHT: Daughter of a freeman
AZARMIDOKHT: Beloved daughter; a polite girl; name of a Sassanian queen
Bachubai
BAHAR: Spring
BAHMANBANU: Lady with a good mind
BAHMANDOKHT: Good minded maiden; daughter of Bahman
BAKHTAVAR: Fortunate
BANU: Lady
Banubai
BANUDADHUSH: Lady with justice and intelligence
BANUGUL: Rose-like lady
BANUGUSHNASP: Lady who possesses a male horse; name of a brave daughter of
Rustam
BANUHUFRIYA: Friendly lady, loving lady
BANUHUFRIZ: Well-born lady
BANUHURAM: Lady with joy; name of hero Rustam's wife
BANUHURURISH: Lady shining like the sun
BEHAFRID: Well created
BEHRUZ: Good day
BEHZAD: Well born
BENAFSHA: A violet
Bhikhaiji*
BOSTAN: Place of fragrance; garden; name of a book by Sheikh Saadi
CHAMAN: Garden
Chandanbai*
CHEHERAZAD: Of noble descent
DADHUSH: Born intelligent
DADHUSH: Born intelligent
DADHUSHFARROKH: Born with auspicious intelligence
DADHUSHFARROKH: Born with auspicious intelligence
DANISH: Wisdom
DEHBANU: Village lady
DEHBANU: Village lady
DELAFRUZ: Kindler of heart
DELAFRUZ: Kindler of the heart
DELARA: Adorner of heart; beloved
DELARA: Adorner of heart; beloved
DELARAM: Comfort to heart; lovely woman
DELARAM: Comfort to heart; lovely woman
DELBAHAR: Heart of the spring season
DELBAHAR: Heart of the spring season
DELBANU: Lady of heart; loving lady
DELBANU: Lady of heart; loving lady
DELBAR: Loving; sweetheart
DELBAR: Loving; sweetheart
DELDAR: Keeper of heart; lover
DELDAR: Keeper of heart; lover
DELKHUSH: Pleasant; cheerful; opener of heart
DELKHUSH: Pleasant; cheerful; opener of heart
DELNAVAZ: Caresser of heart
DELNAVAZ: Caresser of heart
DELRUBA: Ravishing of heart
DELRUBA: Ravishing of heart
DELSHAD: Of happy heart
DELSHAD: Of happy heart
DEYAZAD: Worshipful creator
Dhanbai*
DIN: Religion; conscience; name of an angel; name of 24th day
DIN: Religion; name of an angel; name of 24th day
DINAZ: Religious song, music
Dinbai
DINBANU: Lady of faith
DINBANU: Lady of faith
DOGDO: One who milks cows; daughter; Av. Dugedhra, name of Zarathushtra's
mother
DOGDO: One who milks cows; daughter; Av. Dugedhra; name of Zarathushtra's
mother
Dosibai*
FAHNIK: Virtuous
FAHNIK: Virtuous
FARHANG: Knowledge, learning
FARHANG: Knowledge, learning
FARIDA: Proud, headstrong
FARIDA: Proud, headstrong
FARKHONDA: Happy, fortunate
FARKHONDA: Happy, fortunate
FARNAZA, FARZANAK: Learned; intelligent
FARZANAK: Learned
FARZANAK: Learned
FERANGIZ: Dazzling glory; name of mother of King Kai-Khusrow
FERANGIZ: Dazzling glory; name of mother of King Kay Khosraw
FEROZA: Victorious
FEROZA: Victorious
FEROZBANU: Victorious lady
FEROZBANU: Victorious lady
FRANAK: Glorious; name of King Faridoon's mother
FRANAK: Glorious; name of King Faridoon's mother
FRAWARTI: Guardian Spirit
FRENY: Beloved; name of one of the daughters of Zarathushtra
FRENY: Beloved; name of one of the daughters of Zarathushtra
FRIYA, FRIYANA: Beloved
GANJ: Treasure
GANJ: Treasure
GOHAR: Essence; nature; jewel
GOHAR: Essence; nature; jewel
GOHARAFRID: Created by nature
GORDAFRID: Created as a hero; name of an Iranian heroine who fought against
Sohrab
GORDIEH: A woman warrior
GUL: Flower; rose
GULAFRUZ: Dazzling like a flower
GULAFSAN: Rose fable
GULAFSHAN: Dispersing like a flower
GULANDAM: Having the form of a flower; slender, delicate
GULBADAN: Having a body like a rose
GULBAHER: A spring flower
Gulbai
GULBANU: Flower-like lady
GULBARG: A roseleaf
GULCHEHR: Having a countenance like a rose; name of the beloved of Aorang
GULESTAN: Garden of roses; name of book by Sheikh Saadi
GULKHANDAN: Smiling like a flower
GULKHURSHID: Sunflower
GULLALA: The tulip flower
GULNAR: Pomegranate
GULPAEKAR: Rose-faced
GULROXAR: Rose-faced; rosy-cheeked
GULRUKH: Rose-faced; ruddy
GULSHAN: A delightful spot; rose garden
GULSHIRIN: Sweet like a rose: name of daughter of King Yazdgerd who defeated
the Arabs for a time
GULZAR: Garden Of flowers
Hirabai*
HOMA: Name of an Iranian bird
HOMAI: Well proportioned; name of Kayanian King Bahman's wife
HORMAZBANU: Lady bearing the name of God
HUFRIYA: One who possesses much love
HUTOSH: Well-formed
HUTOXI: Diligent, industrious; name of King Gushtasp's queen
HVOVI: Of the family of Hvov wnich means 'having good animals'; consort of
Zarathushtra
IRANBANU: Lady of Iran
IRANDOKHT: Daughter of Iran
JAHANARAY: Adorner of the world
Jaiji*
Jarbai
KAIANDOKHT: Daughter of Kayanian family
KAIDOKHT: Daughter of a king; princess
KANIZ: Maiden
KATAYUN: Name of the Queen of King Gushtasp
KATIN: Belonging to the house
KEHERAFRID: Made of chestnut or bay color
KERBANU: A lady of felicity, strength, and power
KESHVAR: Country, region
KHARMEN: Hero
Kharshedbai
KHUBCHEHR: Good looking
KHUBRUI: Of fine features
KHURMAND: Possessing glory
KHURSHID: Shining sun; Av. Hvare Khshaeta
KHURSHIDBANU: Lady like the sun
KHUSHCHEHR: Of pleasing face
KHUSHMAND: Happy
KHUSHNAMA, KHUSHNAM: Of nice appearance
KHUSHNAWAZ: Pleasingly caressing
Kuvarbai*
LAL: Ruby: red wine: vermillion lips of a lovely woman
LALAGUL: Tulip flower
LALEH: Tulip: the tulip-shaped pestle used in the Yasna ceremony
LILYA: Dark night
MAH: Moon
MAHAFRID: Created great
MAHAFRIN: Blessing of the moon
MAHAZIVER: A lady with golden ornaments
MAHBANU: Moon-like lady
MAHCHEHR: With features like the moon
MAHDOKHT: Daughter of the moon
MAHIN: Like the moon
MAHINBANU: Lady like the moon
MAHKHURSHID: Moon and sun
MAHPAEKAR: Having a face like the moon
MAHPARI: Fairy of the moon
MAHPARVIN: Moon Pleiades
MAHPERVIZ: Excellent like the moon
MAHROKH, MAHRU: Having a face like the moon
MAHTAB: Shining moon
MAHZARIN: Golden moon
MAKHMAL: Velvet
Manakbai*
MANI: Angelic
MANIZEH: A jewel of a lady; name of wife of Bezan and daughter of Afrasiab
MEHER: The sun; love, kindness, friendship: justice; name of an angel; name of
the 16th day and seventh month
MEHERAFRAZ: Exalted by love
MEHERAFRID: Created by love
MEHERAFRIN: Blessings of the sun
MEHERAFRUZ: Kindled by love
MEHERANGIZ: One that creates love
Meherbai
MEHERBANU: Lady of love
MEHERCHEHR: Having features like the sun
MEHERKHODA: Lord of friendship; Grace of God
MEHEROKH: With a face like the sun
MEHERPAEKAR: Of a face like the sun
MEHERSIMIN: Having a silvery form like Mihr
Mithibai
MORVARID: Pearl
Motibai*
NAHEED: Venus; stainless, immaculate
Nahlibai*
NARENJ: Orange
NARGES: Narcissus
NAVAZ: One who caresses, soothes; name of a musical instrument
Navazbai
NAVAZESH: Caressing, soothing
NAZAKAT: Elegance, politeness, tenderness
NAZBANU: Graceful lady
NAZCHEHR: Graceful looks
NAZNEEN: Graceful maiden
NAZTAB: Shining grace: epithet applied by Firdousi to Mushknaz
NEKAKHTAR: Of good stars
NEKBAKHT: Of good fortune
NEKCHEHR: Of good appearance
NEKDEL: Of good heart
NEZHAT: Pure
NILOPAL, NILUFER: Lotus, water-lily
PAESANGNU: A decorated female
PARENDI: An angel of prosperity
PARI: Fairy
PARIBANU: Fairy-girl
PARICHEHR: Fairy-faced
PARIK: Fairy
PARIN: Fairy-like
PARINDOKHT: Daughter of a fairy
PARIZAD: Born of a fairy
PARVANA: A butterfly, a moth
PARVIN: Pleiades; pearls
PARVIZ: Victorious; happy; excellent
PAYENDEH: Permanent
Pirozbai
POURUCHISTI: Full of wisdom; name of daughter of Zarathushtra
PURAN: Of red color; successor
PURANDOKHT: Name of a queen, daughter of Puran
PURGAV: Having many cows
PUYENDEH: Swift
RAKHSHANDEH: Shining
RAMBANU: Lady of joy
RAMBEHESHT: Paradise of joy
RASHNA: Rectitude
Ratanbai, Ratubai*
ROBAB: A musical instrument
ROBEAB: Sweeping of waters
ROKHSAR: Bright face
ROSHAN: Bright; shining
ROSHANAF: Bright
ROSHANAK: Bright woman
ROSHNI: Lustre
ROXENDA: Flashing
ROZAFZUN: Prosperous day
ROZBAHAR: Spring day
ROZMEHER: Day of love ard light
RUDABEH: River water, name of wife of Zal
RUHAE: A woman of good fortune
Rupabai*
RUX: Day
RUXSHIN: Shining, bright
RUZBEH: Good day
Sakarbai*
SAMANBAR: Forebearing
SAMANNAZ: Beautiful lily of the val!ey; name of the daughter of Kurang, king of
Zabulistan, who married King Jamshed
SAMANRUKH: With a patient face
SANOBER: A name of an evergreen tree like the cypress
SAPINUD: White; name of an Iranian queen
SARAFRAZ: With an exalted head; honored
SAROSH: Obedience; an angel; name of 17th day
SARV: Cypress
SARVAZAD: Noble like a cypress
SAVANGHVACHI: Speaking gainfully; Av. name for a daughter of King Jamshed
SHAHBANU: Queen
SHAHDOKHT: Daughter of a monarch, princess
SHAHI: Royal
SHAHNAVAZ: Caresser of a King
SHAHNAZ: Pride of a King
SHAHRINAZ: Music of the realm
SHAHRU: Having a face like a sovereign
SHAHZAN: Royal spouse: virgin wedded, so named in Parsi marriage benediction
SHAKER: Sweet
SHAKERBANU: sweet lady
SHAKERNAZ: Delicate as sweet words
SHEHERAZAD: Independant, Free
SHEHERBANU: Lady of the city
SHEHERIVAR [Shahrewar]: Power at will; name of an Archangel; name of fourth day
and sixth month
SHEHERNAVAZ: Comfort of the city
SHEHERNAZ: Glory of the City
SHIRBANU: Brave lady
SHIRDOKHT: Brave daughter
Shirin
SHIRIN: Sweet
SHIRINBANU: Sweet lady
SIMBAR: Having a white complexion
SIMIN: Silvery
SIMINDOKHT: Silvern girl
SIMURG: Mythical bird
SINDOKHT: Name of a female ancestor of Rustam
SPENTA ARMAITI: Beneficient, right mindedness, truthfulness; name of an
Archangel
SPENTA: Holy
SRUTATFEDHRI: Having a famous father; Av. name of the mother of one of the
three saviours of the world
SUDABEH: Having lustrous profit; name of the daughter of King of Hamavaran, and
Oueen of King Kaus, the Kayanian
Suklibai*
Sunabai*
SUSAN: Lily; fir tree; name of a Turanian dancing girl who trapped Iranian
heroes
TABENDEH: Shining
TAJBANU: Lady of the Crown; queen
TANAZ: Having a delicate body
TEHMINA: Strong woman; name of hero Rustam's wife and daughter of King of
Samangan
THRITY: Third one; Av. name for one of the daughters of Zarathushtra
TISHTAR: Angel of rain
TOKHMESARV: Having stature like a cypress
TUSHNAMAITY: Contented mind
USHTAVAITY: Having bliss: name of the second Gatha
VAHBIZ: Bestowed by God
VANGHU FREDHI: Of good parentage; name of mother of future saviour
VIRA: Heroine
Virbaiji*
VIRBANU: Heroic lady
VISPANFRIVA: Beloved of all
YASMIN: Jasmine
YAZDIN: Angelic
YAZDINDOKHT: Angelic daughter
ZAMROD: Jamrud, the river of Jam, a town near Peshawar
ZARIN: Golden
ZARINCHINAR: Golden poplar
ZARMANDOKHT: Daughter of time
ZER: Gold
ZOISH: The invoker; name of Zarathushtra's grand-mother