130 Persian Baby Names for Girls and Boys

These Persian girl names and Persian boy names reflect language and rich heritage to help you choose a meaningful name for your baby.

Updated September 6, 2026

by Stefanie Miller

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57 Persian Girl Names
73 Persian Boy Names
13 Less Common Persian Boy Names

Some Persian names are also everyday words: Laleh means “tulip,” and Omid means “hope.”^1,2 Others have a place in Persian literature. Katayoun and Kaveh, for example, are characters in the Shahnameh.^3,4 A name you like the sound of may give you a word or a story to look into, too.

This list includes names of Persian origin and names used in Persian-speaking communities, including some with Arabic roots.⁵ The selection also includes forms of Persian names used in other languages. The girls’ and boys’ lists are alphabetical, and there’s a separate selection of boy names that are less common in the United States.

57 Persian Girl Names

1. Aliyeh

2. Anahita

3. Ariana

4. Azadeh

5. Azita

6. Bahar

7. Banu

8. Darya

9. Dilara

10. Donya

11. Elaheh

12. Elnaz

13. Farah

14. Fariba

15. Fatemeh

16. Giti

17. Golnar

18. Gul

19. Hamideh

20. Hana

21. Huma

22. Katayoun

23. Laleh

24. Leila

25. Mahnaz

26. Maryam

27. Masoumeh

28. Mehlika

29. Mehri

30. Minu

31. Naheed

32. Nareen

33. Nasreen

34. Nasrine

35. Neda

36. Negina

37. Nousha

38. Parisa

39. Parvaneh

40. Pouran

41. Rana

42. Roksana

43. Roshana

44. Roya

45. Rukhsana

46. Samira

47. Sanaz

48. Shadi

49. Shirin

50. Tahereh

51. Tahmina

52. Vashti

53. Yasmin

54. Zahra

55. Zareena

56. Zeynab

57. Zhaleh

73 Persian Boy Names

1. Abdallah

2. Ahmad

3. Ali

4. Amir

5. Anoush

6. Arman

7. Azar

8. Aziz

9. Baaz

10. Babak

11. Bahman

12. Behnam

13. Behzad

14. Bijan

15. Cyrus

16. Darab

17. Darius

18. Davud

19. Dawar

20. Ebrahim

21. Emad

22. Erfan

23. Eskander

24. Farhad

25. Farid

26. Farzaan

27. Ghasem

28. Habib

29. Hassan

30. Hormoz

31. Hoshyar

32. Hossein

33. Hushang

34. Iraj

35. Jahan

36. Jalil

37. Javad

38. Kamran

39. Kareem

40. Kava

41. Kaveh

42. Khosrow

43. Kiyan

44. Mahdi

45. Mahmoud

46. Meghdad

47. Mehdi

48. Milad

49. Mirza

50. Mohammad

51. Nariman

52. Nasser

53. Navid

54. Niaz

55. Omid

56. Parvaiz

57. Payam

58. Pedram

59. Pouyan

60. Rahman

61. Ramin

62. Reza

63. Rustam

64. Saeed

65. Shayan

66. Solayman

67. Soroush

68. Taher

69. Tamaz

70. Teymour

71. Vafa

72. Vahid

73. Zerin

13 Less Common Persian Boy Names

These 13 boy names were outside the Social Security Administration’s U.S. top 1,000 for 2025.⁶ They are listed alphabetically; their popularity in Iran and other countries may differ.

1. Anoush

2. Aziz

3. Babak

4. Bahman

5. Bijan

6. Davud

7. Eskander

8. Habib

9. Hormoz

10. Jahan

11. Kaveh

12. Payam

13. Rahman

Some Persian names may stay with you after you’ve finished reading. Keep those in mind as you talk through your choices, and don’t worry if your favorite changes along the way.

For more naming ideas, see our Arabic baby names, Indian baby names, and Hebrew baby names articles, or visit the Baby Names Hub.

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Stefanie Miller

Stefanie is a stay-at-home mom turned freelance writer who enjoys writing about baby names. She studied Early Childhood Education for two years. Stefanie loves knitting, curling up with a good book, cooking, and binge-watching Parks and Recreation in her spare time. She currently resides in upstate New York with her husband and three children.

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