Gender: Feminine
Origin: Persian
Meaning: “alchemy; elixir.”
کیمی
(KEE-mee-YAH)
The Kimiya-yi Sa’ādat (كيمياى سعادت) Alchemy of Happiness is a renown piece of Persian Sufi literature which was written in the 11th century by al-Ghazali. The name Kimiya is no doubt used in reference to the book.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Persian
Meaning: “beloved”
Ind (FREE-yuh-nuh); Per (FREE-yah-NAH)
The name is an Ancient Persian, Avestan name. The name is also used in India and Pakistan and maybe related to the name Priya.
Another alternative is Friya.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Persian/Farsi
Meaning: “wish”
(AR-zoo)
Arezou is an old Persian name, used in Iran, its Turkic form of Arzu is used in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan. Aarezou is the Baloch form.
It is also the name of a town in Azerbaijan.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Persian/Farsi
Meaning: “pearl—”
All three names are related. Dorsa means “pearl like,” Dordaneh means “pearl” and Dorreh means “big pearl.”
Iran hosts some of the oldest oyster beds in the world, where pearls have been harvested for thousands of years.
The oldest known pearl necklace was discovered in Iran, known as the Susa Necklace, it is on display in the Louvre and dates 500 years before the common era.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Farsi/Persian
Meaning: “buttercup.”
(AH-lah-leh)
The name comes from the Farsi word for buttercup and is a fairly popular name in Iran.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Farsi/Persian
Meaning: “pearl.”
(more-vah-REED)
From the ancient Persian word for pearl. It was bestowed upon the famous palace designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1966, the Kakh-e Morvarid also known as the Pearl Palace of Shams Palavi.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Farsi/Persian
Meaning: “dew”
(SHAHB-nahm)
The meaning of dew is used to describe dew drops on a flower or plant. The name is a popular name in Iran and is used in Pakistan as well.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Persian
Meaning: “butterfly.”
The name comes directly from the Farsi meaning “butterfly.” Parvana is the Pashtun version. Farvaneh is an older Persian form.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Persian
Meaning: “light of the assembly.”
Urdu spelling شاهزادی روشن آرا بیگم
The name was borne by a Pakistani princess, Roshanara Begum (1617-1671).
She was the second eldest daughter of the Moghul ruler, Shah Jahan.
She is the most renowned woman in Moghul history, known for her exploits with her brother Aurangzeb, who together, seized the throne away from their other incompetent brothers. She was said to be an advisor to her brother.
She was also known for her many sexual liasons and exploits, something which was frowned upon in Islamic society at the time.
Her brother, Aurangzeb, had her imprisoned in her garden palace. She was caught by her brother with another lover, and was sentenced to a slow death by poisoning.
She is buried in the Roshanara Bagh, a garden which she commissioned herself in Delhi.
The British later built a club in the middle of the garden, calling it the Roshanara Club.
(upper left, Roshanara Bagh).
Gender: Feminine