Female Persian Names, Avestan Names

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1. AMARDAD: Persian form of Avestan Ameretat, meaning "immortality." In Zoroastrian mythology, this is the name of a goddess of immortality.
2. AMERETAT: Avestan name meaning "immortality." In Zoroastrian mythology, this is the name of a goddess of immortality.
3. ANAHITA (آناهیتا): Persian name meaning "immaculate." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of fertility and water. It is also the Persian name for the planet Venus.
4. ARZU: Persian name meaning "desire."
5. ATEFEH: Persian name meaning "affection."
6. AZAR: Persian name meaning "fire."
7. BANU (بانو): Persian name meaning "lady."
8. DARYA: Persian name meaning "ocean, river, sea." Compare with another form of Darya.
9. EHSAN (احسان): Persian unisex name meaning "compassion."
10. ESTHER: Persian name derived from sitareh, meaning "star." In the bible, this is the Persian name given to the Jewish virgin Hadassah, the central character in the Book of Esther.
11. GHONCHEH: Persian name meaning "flower bud."
12. GULISTAN (گلستان): Persian name meaning "rose-land."
13. HAURVATAT: Persian name of a goddess of health and water, meaning "health, perfection."
14. IHSAN (احسان): Variant spelling of Persian unisex Ehsan, meaning "compassion."
15. JALEH (ژاله): Persian name meaning "dew."
16. KHORDAD (خرداد): Modern Iranian form of Persian Haurvatat, meaning "health, perfection." 
17. KHORSHED: Variant spelling of Persian unisex Khurshid, meaning "sun."
18. KHURSHID (خورشيد): Persian unisex name meaning "sun."
19. KOHINOOR (کوہنور): Persian name meaning "mountain of light."
20. LALEH (لاله): Persian name meaning "tulip."
21. LEILA (لیلا): Persian name meaning "dark-haired." Compare with other forms of Leila.
22. LILA (ليلی): Persian name meaning "lilac flower." Compare with other forms of Lila.
23. MAHDOKHT: Persian name meaning "daughter of the moon."
24. MAHNAZ (مهناز): Persian name meaning "glory of the moon."
25. MAHSHEED: Variant spelling of Persian Mahshid, meaning "moonlight."
26. MAHSHID (مهشید): Persian name meaning "moonlight."
27. MAHTAB (مهتاب): Persian name meaning "like moonlight."
28. MAHVASH (مهوش): Persian name meaning "moon-like."
29. MINOO (مینو): Persian name meaning "heaven, paradise."
30. MINU (مینو): Variant spelling of Persian Minoo, meaning "heaven, paradise."
31. MOJGAN: Persian name meaning "eyelashes."
32. MORVARID (مروارید): Persian form of Latin Margarita (English Margaret), meaning "pearl."
33. NAHEED: Variant spelling of Persian Nahid, meaning "immaculate."
34. NAHID: Persian name meaning "immaculate."
35. NASREEN: Variant spelling of Persian Nasrin, meaning "wild rose."
36. NASRIN (نسرین): Persian name meaning "wild rose."
37. NÎGA: Persian name derived from the word nîgâh, literally meaning "sight, vision," but usually rendered "looking after."
38. NILOFER (نیلوفر): Persian name meaning "water-lily."
39. NILOOFAR: Variant spelling of Persian Nilofer, meaning "water-lily."
40. NILOUFAR: Variant spelling of Persian Nilofer, meaning "water-lily."
41. NOUSHA: Persian name meaning "pleasant, sweet."
42. OMID (اُمید): Persian unisex name meaning "hope."
43. PARI (پری): Persian name meaning "fairy."
44. PARISA (پریسا): Persian name meaning either "angelic" or "like a fairy."
45. PARVANA: Persian name meaning "butterfly."
46. PARVIN (پروين): Persian name derived from the word for "the Pleiades."
47. ROSHAN (روشن): Persian unisex name meaning "bright, light."
48. ROSHANAK (روشنک): Variant spelling of Persian Roušanak, meaning "dawn."
49. ROSHANARA (روشانارا): Persian name meaning "light of the assembly."
50. ROSHANI: Persian name meaning "lustrous."
51. ROUŠANAK (روشنک): Persian name meaning "dawn." Also spelled Roshanak.
52. SANAZ: Persian name meaning "full of grace." Compare with another form of Sanaz.
53. SHAHNAZ (شهناز): Persian name composed of the elements shah "king" and naz "pride," hence "king's pride."
54. SHAHRAZAD (شهرزاد): Persian name of the narrator in 1001 Nights, composed of the elements shahr "city" and zad "person," hence "city-person."
55. SHAHRIZAD: Variant spelling of Persian Shahrazad, meaning "city-person."
56. SHEHERAZADE: Variant spelling of Persian Shahrazad, meaning "city-person."
57. SHEREEN (شیرین): Variant spelling of Persian Shirin, meaning "sweet."
58. SHIREEN (شیرین): Variant spelling of Persian Shirin, meaning "sweet."
59. SHIRIN (شیرین): Persian name meaning "sweet."
60. SIMIN (سیمین): Persian name meaning "silvery."
61. TAHEREH (طاهره): Persian form of Arabic Tahira, meaning "the pure one." 
62. TÁHIRIH: Variant spelling of Persian Tahereh, meaning "the pure one." 
63. VASHTI (وَ شتی آ): Persian name meaning "beautiful." In the bible, this is the name of the wife of king Ahasuerus who was replaced by Esther.
64. YASAMIN (يسمن): Persian form of Arabic Yasmin, meaning "jasmine flower," a plant in the olive family.
65. ZAREEN: Persian name meaning "golden."
66. ZENA: Short form of Persian Zenana, meaning "woman." Compare with another form of Zena.
67. ZENANA (زنانه): Persian name meaning "woman."
68. ZULAIKHA (زلیخا): Persian name meaning "brilliant beauty." 
69. ZULAYKHA: Variant spelling of Persian Zulaikha, meaning "brilliant beauty." 
70. ZULEIKA: Variant form of Persian Zulaikha, meaning "brilliant beauty." 
71. ZULEKHA: Variant form of Persian Zulaikha, meaning "brilliant beauty." 

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