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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;
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. Many Persian names originate from the Persian literature book, the Shahnameh or "Epic of Kings
Pages in category "Iranian masculine given names" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Cyrus (Persian: کوروش) is a male given name and the name of several Persian kings, particularly Cyrus the Great (c. 600–530 BC), but also Cyrus I of Anshan (c. 650 BC), King of Persia and the grandfather of Cyrus the Great, and Cyrus the Younger (died 401 BC), brother to the Persian king Artaxerxes II of Persia.
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 ...
Persian میرزا mirza, literally, son of a lord. a common title of honor in Persia prefixed to the surname of a person of distinction. [217] Mithra from the name of the Persian God Mithra. [218] Mithraeum from Persian مطهرا Mithra [218] [219] Mithraism from Persian مطهرا Mithra [218] [220] Mobed a Parsi priest.
Modern reconstruction of the ancient world map of Eratosthenes from c. 200 BC, using the names Ariana and Persis. The Greeks (who had previously tended to use names related to "Median") began to use adjectives such as Pérsēs (Πέρσης), Persikḗ (Περσική) or Persís (Περσίς) in the fifth century BC to refer to Cyrus the Great's empire (a word understood to mean "country"). [17]
The names of the Scythians are a topic of interest for classicists and linguists. The Scythians were an Iranic people best known for dominating much of the Pontic steppe from about 700 BC to 400 BC. The name of the Scythians is believed to be of Indo-European origin and to have meant "archer". The Scythians gave their name to the region of Scythia.