Gender: Feminine
Origin: Persian
Meaning: “cypress.”
From the Farsi word for cypress, it is also a feminine given name. It is the name of one the oldest trees in the world, known as the Zoroastrian Sarv or the Sarv-e-Abarqu, it is considered a national symbol of Iran. It is estimated to be four thousand years old. Other similar names are Sarvazad which means “noble cypress” and Tokhmesarv meaning “tall like a cypress.”
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Persian
Meaning: “evergreen tree.”
Another old Parsi name from the name of the tree. The name is borne by Pakistani actress and singer, Sanober Kabir.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Persian
Meaning: “chestnut colour; bay colour.”
It is is an old Parsi name.
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Persian
Meaning: “paradise; heaven”
(mee-NOO)
مینو
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