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From Dosabhai Framji Karaka, History of the Parsis I, London 1884. pp. 162-3. According to Karaka this is "an almost complete list of names of Parsi men and women in general use at present. Those of Hindu origin are marked with asterisks, and the rest are Persian names."
Names that are CAPITALIZED are from Parsiana's Book of Iranian Names. See also J. J. Modi, The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Parsees (Bombay, 1922, pp. 10-11).
ABADAN: Prosperous
ABADARD: One who possesses prosperity
ABADI: Prosperity
ABARJA: Most strenuous
ABTUM: Creator of the plentiful waters
ADAR: Fire; name of an angel. Av. Atar, Pahl. Atur
ADARBAD: Protector of fire; name of a saint
ADARBAHRAM: Fire of success, victory
ADARBURZIN: Fire of exaltation; name of son of hero Framroz; shortened form of Adarburzinmeher
ADARBURZINMEHER: Fire of exalted love and affection; the third sacred fire of Sassanian Iran, that of husbandmen
ADARFIROZ: Fire of victory
ADARFRA: Fire of glory
ADARGUSHNASP: Fire dedicated to a war stallion; the second sacred fire of Sassanian Iran, that of warriors; an emblem of military strength
ADARHORMAZD: Fire of God
ADARHOSHANG: Fire of knowledge and intelligence
Adarji
ADARKHORDAD: Fire of glory
ADARKHURSHID: Fire of the sun
ADARMAH: Month of Adar
ADARMARD: A man of power
ADARPADYAVAND: Fire of power
ADARVAN: Fire protector
ADEL: Just
ADRO: Most righteous
ADVI: Needing no protection
AFIVEH: Extremely good
AFLATUN: Plato
AHUMSTUT: One who prays the Ahu(nvar) i.e. Yatha Ahu Vairyo
AHUN: Of God, pertaining to God
AIRYAMAN: Noble mind, name of an angel
AMARDAD: Immortality; Av. Ameretat; Pahl. Amurdad
AMAVAND: Powerful, strong
ANAOSHAK: Immortal
ANOSH: Immortal; elixir
ANOSHIRUVAN: Having an immortal soul
AORANG: Glory, honor
AOSHNAR: A man of intellect; Av. Aoshanara
ARASH: Truthfulness; righteousness; name of a famous archer of ancient Iran; Av. Erekhsha: Pahl. Arish
ARASTI: Adorned; name of Zarathushtra's uncle; father of Mediomah
ARAWAOSTRA: Possessing a white stallion
ARDAFRAVASH: Holy guardian spirit
ARDAKHOREH: Having holy lustre
ARDASHIR: Righteous ruler; Pahl. form of Av. Aretakhshathra
ARDAVIRAF: Holy resplendent hero
Ardeshir
ARDVAN: Protector of holiness
ARMIN: A dweller of the garden of Eden; son of King Kobad
ARSHAK: Straightforward
ARSHAMA: Having the might of a hero
ARSHAN: Hero
ARSHAVIR: Righteous hero
ARSHIS: Blessing
ARTA: Righteous
ARTAFARNIS: Havng holy glory
ARTAVARDIYA: Doer of justice, name of one of Darius' generals
ARTAWAHISHTA, ARDWAHISHT: Best holiness; one of the seven Amahraspands meaning archangels; Av. Asha Vahishta
ARVAND: Swift; brave, courageous; name of a mountain in old Iran; Av. Aurvant
ARYABURZIN: Exalted Iranian
ARYAMEHER: Aryan sun; sun amongst the Aryans
ARZANI: Worthy
ASDIN: Hope of religion
ASFANDIAR: Created by the holy spirit
ASHAVAHISHT: Best righteousness
ASHRAF: Noble
ASHTAD: Rectitude; name of an angel
ASPANDAD: Bountiful humility, earth; name of an angel
ASPANDYAR: Bountiful friend; Av. Spentodator meaning bountiful
ASPANTAMAN: White one; family name of Zarathushtra. Av. Spitama
ASRAT: Third; Av. Thrita; father of hero Kersasp of the Sama family
ASTOH: Unconquerable
ATARS: Undaunted
ATBIN: Of water; name of the father of King Faridoon; Av. Athvyan
ATHRINA: Pertaining to fire
AURASHASPA: Possessing swift camels
AURVATASP: One having swift horses; name of the father of Vishtaspa
AYANGHAT: Made of iron
AZAD: Noble
AZADAFROZ: Shining nobly
AZADCHEHR: Of noble appearance
AZADMARD: Noble man
AZADSARV: Noble cypress
AZARKEVAN: Fire of Saturn; name of a famous dastur
AZARMIG: Endearing, honored, respected
AZARZUSHNES: Fire-like potency
AZMAN: Infinite
BABAK: Diminutive of father in Pers. Ancestor of Sassanian King Ardashir; Pahl. Papak
BAGHODAT: Created by God
BAHADUR: Valiant
BAHMAN: Good mind
BAHMANYAR: Having a friend with a good mind
BAHMARD: Good man
BAHRAM: Victorious; name of an angel. Av. Verethraghna
BAHRAMCHOBIN: Having a victorious club; name of a celebrated Iranian general
BAHRAMDAD: Created by victory
BAHRAMGOR: Sassanian King Bahram, famous for extraordinary skill in shooting gor i.e. wild ass
BAHRAMIAN: Descended from the family of Bahram
BAKHTAFRID: Blessed by fortune
BAKHTAFRIT: Blessed by fortune
BAKHTYAR: Friend of fortune
BALASH: Name of a king; another form of Valakhsh
Bamanji
BAMDAT: Dawn
BAMSHAD: Pleasant dawn
Bapuji
BARAZ: Exalted
Barjorji
BARMAN: High minded
BARZU, BURJOR: Exalted: Av. Berezat, name of an angel; name of grandson of hero Rustam
BASTAVAR, BASTUR: Name of a famous hero; Av. Bastavairi one who wears a tight armor round his chest; name of Zarir's son and King Gushtasp's nephew
BEHBUD: Good leader
BEHRUZ: Good day
BEHZAD: Born of good family
Bejanji
Beramji
BEREZAVANT: Exalted
BEZAN: Name of the son of Banugushnasp the brave daughter of hero Rustam
Bhikhaji*
Bhimji*
BOKHTAR: Redeemer, saviour
BOKHTAR: Reliever of all troubles
BORJIS: Exaltation
BUNDAR: With a noble lineage
BURZAFRAH: Having exalted glory
BURZAFRID: One who is exalted
BURZASP: Having tall stallions
BURZIN: Exalted
BURZINCHEHER: With an exalted face
BURZINKURUSH: Exalted sun, name of a teacher of Zarathushtra
BURZINMEHER, BUZARGMEHER: Exalted love, great friendship
CHAKHRAVAT: Having a chariot
CHAXSHNUSH: Rejoicing; name of Zarathushtra's ancestor
CHEHERAZAD: Of noble countenance
CHUBIN: Having a wooden mace, club, or bat; nickname of the famous General Bahram of King Khusru Parvez who used a wooden club
DAD: Law, justice; name of a pious dastur
Dadabhai, Dadi*
DADAFARIN: Created by justice
DADAR: Creator
DADBANDAD: Law-conforming
DADBURZIN: Exalted by law
DADFARUK: Shining by law
DADFIRUZ: Victorious by law
DADGAR: Judge
DADMEHER: Just law
DAENOVAJANGH: Religious force
Dajibhai*
DANESHVAR: Possessing knowledge, learned
DARA, DARAB, DARABSHAH, DARASHAH: Name of a king, shah being an honorific
Darasha
DARAYUS, DARIUS, DARYUS: Possessing goodness; Cun. Darayavahu. name of the famous Achaemenian king
DARAZDAST: Long-handed; King Artaxerxes Longimanus was thus called
DASTAN: Strong, powerful; another name for Zal, father of Rustam
DAVRAMESHI: Having stout sheep
DEHMEHER: Friend of village
DELAFRUZ: Kindler of the heart
DELAWAR: Liberal, charitable
DELIR: Brave
DELSUZ: Sympathetic
Dhanjibhai, Dhanjisha*
DINPANAH: Having protection of the religion
Dinsha
DINSHAH: Lord of religion
DINYAR: Friend of religion
DIVBAND: Binder of demons
Dorabji
Dosabhai*
DRAVASP: Having healthy horses; name of an angel to whom Yasht IX (Gosh) is dedicated
Edalji
EMET: Hope
ERACH: Noble: name of the youngest son of King Faridoon
Erachji, Erachsha
EREZWAND, EREZWA: Righteous, holy
Fakirji*
FARAVINDAD: Obtaining glory
FARDAD: Endowed with splendor
Fardunji
FAREDUN, FARIDOON: Pahl. Fretan; Av. Thraeraona meaning thrice strong: famous king of Iran, who killed Zohak
FARHAD: Cutter of stones; name of an Iranian who, to win his beloved Queen Shirin, dug through an immense mountain
FARIBURZ: Exalted glory
FARKHAN, FARKHANEH: Behaving with propriety
FARNBAG: God's glory: the first sacred Fire of Sassanian Iran, that of priests and noblemen
FARROKH: Auspicious, blessed, happy
FARROKHAN: Glorious, having glory
FARROKHBAKHSH: Bestower of joy, happiness
FARROKHBONDAD: Having a happy family
FARROKHHORMAZD: Prosperous Ohrmazd
FARROKHMARD: Happy, prosperous man
FARROKHNEZAD: Of blessed purity
FARROKHRUZ: Happy day
FARROKHZAD, FARKHOZAD: Auspiciously born
FARSAK: Father of all progress
FARUD: Descent; name of the brother of King Kay-Khosraw
FARZAN: Wise, learned
FEROZGAR: The triumphant
FIRDOUS: Paradise
FIRDOUSI: Belonging to Paradise; nom de plume of the greatest poet of Iran
Firozji, Firozsha
FRAHIMRAWA: Exalted soul
FRAHISRVA: Celebrated
FRAMARZ, FARAMROZE: Merciful: name of the son of hero Rustam. His exploits are narrated in Borzu Nameh and Framarz Nameh
Framji, Framroz
FRASHAOSHTRA: Having useful camels; name of a believer; brother of Jamasp, of the Hvogva family
FRASHAVARD: Name of a son of King Gushtasp killed in battle with Arjasp Av. Frash-ham-vareta
FRAVAK: Forthright speaker; name of the father of King Hoshang and son of Siamak
FREORTIS: Farvardin; name of the first month
GAODHASTI: One who maintains animals
GASHTAHAM: Very strong; name of the valiant son of King Naodar
GAUBRUVA: Cun. name of a Persian companion of Darius
GAVE, GEV: Name of the son of Gudarz, and the husband of Banugushnasp, the brave daughter of Rustam
GAYOMARD: Mortal life; name of the progenitor of the Aryans
GELSHAH: King of the earth; another name of Gayomard
GERAMIG: Dear; treasured; name of one of the generals of King Gushtasp
Ghandibhai*
GIRA: Supreme control
GOBERU: Cattle nourisher; name of the Zoroastrian ruling dynasty of Tabaristan
Godrezji
GORAZE: One who organizes; Av. Varaze, name of an Iranian hero; brother of King Gushtasp
GOSHNJAM: Powerful river Jam; name of the father of Dastur Manushchehr
GOVAD: Name of an angel presiding over wind; name of 22nd day of each month
GUDARZ, GODREJ: Father of Gev, a wise counsellor at the court of Iran
GUSHNASP: Possessing a stallion
GUSHTAHM: Of a strong family
GUSHTASP: Having a ready horse; Av. Vishtaspa. Greek Hystaspis; Kayanian patron king of Zarathushtra
Gustadji
HABUB: Having good animals or cows: Av. Hvogva, family name of Jamasp
HAECHATASPA: One who sprinkles water on horses; fourth ancestor of Zarathushtra: family name of Zarathushtra
HAFTANBAD: Made prosperous by seven Archangels or planets (?)
HAKHAMANISH: Friendly mind: name of the fifth ancestor of Darius the Great, after whom the Achaemenian dynasty was named
HARDAR: Eighth linear ancestor of Zarathushtra
HARDARASHNA: Seventh ancestor of Zarathushtra
Hiraji*
Hirji, Hirjibhai*
HOM: Name of an angel; name of a sacred medicinal plant
HOMA: Name of a bird of Iran
HOMFRASHMI: Foremost Hom; name of a pious man who caught Afrasiab in his noose and handed him over to Kay-Khosraw
Homji
HOMYAR: Friend of the angel Hom
Hormasji
HORMAZD: Av. Ahura Mazda. Phl. Ohrmazd, Omniscient Lord of Existence
HORMAZDAD: Created by Ohrmazd
HORMAZDYAR: Friend of Ohrmazd
HOSH: Intelligence
HOSHANG: Knowledge and intelligence; Av. Haoshyangha. name of a Pishdadian klng
HOSHEDAR, AUSHEDAR: One who increases holiness; name of a future saviour
HOSHEDARMAH, AUSHEDAR-MAH: One who increases reverence; name of another future saviour
HOSHYAR: Clever; name of a learned mobed, disciple of Dastur Azar Kaiwan
HUAFRID: Well-created name of a king and his dynasty who ruled after the Kayanians
HUAFRITA: Well-loved
HUCHITHRA: Having good origin
HUKHSHTHRA: Good ruler
HUSRAV: Of good fame
HUTAN: Well-bodied
HUVASPA: Having good horses
HUZVAK: Good speaker
HVARECHAESHMAN: Having eyes like the sun
HVARECHITHRA: Originated from the sun; Av. name of the second son of Zarathushtra
IRANSHAH: King of Iran. used today for the holiest Fire enthroned at Udvada
ISATVASTRA: Voluntary agriculturist Av. name of eldest son of Zarathushtra
ISHVAT: Desired
IZAD, YAZAD: God; angel. Av. Yazata
IZADYAR: Friend of God
JAHAN: World
JAHANABAD: One who makes the world prosper
JAHANBAX: Bestower of the world; son of hero Framarz
JAHANDAR: Keeper of the world
JAHANGIR: Conqueror of the world
JAHANJUY: Seeker of the world
JAHANMARD: Man of the world
JAHANSHAH: King of the world
JAHANSUZ: Burner of the world; name of hero Barzu's son
Jalbhai
JAMASP: Possessor of sturdy horses; name of a minister of King Gushtasp who was the husband of Pouruchisti, youngest daughter of Zarathushtra
Jamaspji
JAMSHED: The shining river Jam; Av. Yima Khshaeta, famous Pishdadian king
Jamshedji
JAMSHIR: Son of King Khosraw Parviz who ruled for a brief period
JANAFRUZ: One who cheers, kindles life
JANDAL: Name of a wise counsellor of King Faridoon, sent to the court of Yaman
JANGI: Warlike; brave
JAVANMARD: Young man
JAVIDAN: Etemal. perpetual; name of the father of Ardashir, a signatory to the letter of the Zoroastrians of Khorasan to the Parsis, dated 880 A.Y.
Jehangir
Jijibhai*
Jivaji*
Jivanji*
KAI, KAY: Royal
Kaikhosru
Kaikobad
KAIKOBAD: Name of founder of Kayanian dynasty; Av. Kavi Kavata friend of royalty
KAMBUJIYA, KABUJIVA: (OP) Gk. Cambyses, the son of Cyrus the Great
KAMDELE: Desire of the heart
KAMRAN: Successful in every undertaking; name of a learned Zoroastrian of Shiraz
KAMUS: Family name of Eshkabus, killed by Rustam with one arrow
KARAN: Active, efficient
KARlMAN: Name of a son of hero Barzu
KAUS, KAVAS: Name of a believer; Av. Kavay; his Farohar is invoked in Farvardin Yasht
KAVANNUSH: Kingly nectar; name of a brother of King Faridoon
Kavasji, or Kavasha
KAVAY: Royal dynasty
KAVEH: The famous smith of Isfahan who defeated the usurper Zohak and established Faridoon on the throne of Iran