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Persian unisex given names (8 P) Pages in category "Persian given names" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect ...
Pages in category "Persian masculine given names" The following 89 pages are in this category, out of 89 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Afshin;
Persian Christians have Arabic names indistinguishable from their Muslim neighbors. They can also use Arabic derivations of Christian names (such as saints' names), or Greek , Neo-Aramaic , or Armenian names, as most Christian Iranians are Iranian Armenians , although there are also Iranian Assyrians and Iranian Georgians.
Esfandiyār or Espandiyār (Avestan: Spəntōδāta-; Middle Persian: Spandadāt; Persian: اسفندیار) is a legendary Iranian hero and one of the characters of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (The Book of Kings). He was the son and the crown prince of the Kayanian King Goshtasp and Queen Katāyoun. He was the grandchild of Kay Lohrasp.
The name Drafš-e Kāvīān means "the standard of the kay(s)" (i.e., "kings", kias, kavis) or "of Kāva." [1] The latter meaning is an identification with an Iranian legend in which the Derafš-e Kāvīān was the standard of a mythological Iranian blacksmith-turned-hero named Kaveh (Persian: کاوه), who led a popular uprising against the foreign demon-like ruler Zahhak (Persian: ضحاک).
character of "Samad", 1972. Parviz Sayyad was born on March 22, 1939, in Lahijan, Pahlavi Iran. [1]Throughout the 1960s Sayyad starred in many plays that were adapted for television; and he was in the first Iranian television program titled Amir Arsalan alongside Mary Apick.
Soon, his popularity with the Iranian movie-goers placed him in high demand. During the 1960s and 1970s, he starred in more than 150 movies. He was nicknamed "The Man of Thousand Faces" by the media and received recognition as an action star as well as for his roles in comedies.
Mehrdad is a Persian name for boys that means "given by sun" or "given by love". Mehr means "sun" or "love," and Dad means "given." [citation needed] It comes from the Old Persian name "Mithradatha" and the Middle Persian name "Mehrdat", which is a theophoric name that means "given by Mithra" or "given by Mehr".