Iran (given name)

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Iran is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include:

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Mumtaz is a name commonly used in various countries in the Muslim world, mainly Afghanistan, Brunei, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Turkey. It can also be used as a female name. Mumtazah is a related female version. Its root is from Arabic language, meaning "excellent".

Mahtab or (DMG) Mahtāb is a Persian female given name. It is a popular given name in Iran and Turkey, where it is rendered as Mehtap. Notable people with the name include:

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Maryam or Mariam is the Aramaic form of the biblical name Miriam. It is notably the name of Mary the mother of Jesus. The spelling in the Semitic abjads is mrym, which may be transliterated in a number of ways

Nazanin and also spelt Nazenin, is a Persian female given name in Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Turkey. It means "sweetheart", "lovely", "darling", or "delightful". Notable people with the name include:

Aryan was a self-designation by Indo-Iranian people.

Homâyun, also romanized as Homaayoon or Homāyūn is a Persian male given name, it also appears as a surname.

Ebrahimi is an Iranian surname which may refer to:

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Nasrin is a feminine given name in Persian, meaning "wild rose". It is among the most popular names given to girls born in Iran.

Leila is a feminine given name primarily in the Semitic and Iranian languages. In Latin alphabet the name is commonly spelled in multiple ways, including Leila, Layla, Laylah, Laila, Leyla and Leylah.

Shahnaz or Shahnez or Shehnaz is a given name and surname of Persian origin. The name is made from شاه, and ناز, so the name means "pride of the king".

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Aria can be a male or female name depending on the country of origin. In Sanskrit, though often transcribed "Arya", आर्य means "noble" or "honorable". Italian Aria refers means both "air" and the melody, aria. In Albanian, Aria or Ari means "treasure" or "gold" or "of high value" It also means "lion" in Hebrew (ארייה), and "noble" in Persian (آریا). In Iran, the name is used for males. The Persian name is also used in Indian, Hindi, and Malayalam for both boys and girls

Zahra is a female given name of Arabic origin. It means ‘beautiful, bright, shining and brilliant’. The name became popularized as a result of being the name of Muhammad’s daughter, Fatimah al-Zahra.

Sattar is a male Muslim given name and surname.

Fereshteh or Ferishteh or Freshteh or Freshte, Persian: فرشته fereshteh/fereshtah) is a feminine given name of Persian origin meaning angel, one of the most popular names in the Persian-speaking world. It is also transliterated as Freshteh or Fereshta or Farishta or Freshta in other languages like Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Dari along with Persian.

Jale is a common given name and surname of Persian and Turkish origin, used in Iran and Turkey, meaning hail stone. The name Jale can also translate to "dew" or "dewdrop".

Hamidi is a surname, derived from the Arabic male given name Hamid. Notable people with the surname include:

Saher is either a feminine given name of Arabic origin, common throughout the Persian-speaking and Muslim worlds, or unisex given name of Hebrew origin, used mainly in Israel. Though the Arabic and Hebrew names are phonologically identical and both derive from Semitic languages, they are nonetheless etymologically unrelated. In Arabic, the name means "just before dawn", coming from a common Semitic root meaning "dawn". The origin of the Hebrew name is an ancient Akkadian word for the crescent moon.

Anahita is a feminine given name named after the ancient Iranian goddess Anahita, associated with fertility, healing and wisdom. The name has increased in usage in recent years along with other mythological names. People named Anahita include: