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KAYAN: Name of the dynasty founded by Kaikobad
KAYANSHAH: King of the Kayanian dynasty.
KAYARAX: Ancestor of King Kay-Khosraw
KAYARMIN: Name of a son of King Kaikobad; Av. Kavi Arshna
KAYGUSHTASP, KAYVISHTASP: The Kayanian King Gushtasp, patron of Zarathushtra; Av. Kavi Vishtaspa
KAYKAUS: Name of son of King Kaikobad; Av. Kavi Usadhan
KAYKHUSRU, KAY-KHOSRAW: Of good fame; name of a Kayanian king
KAYLOHRASP: Father of King Gushtasp; Av. Aurvataspa, swift horsed
KAYNASHNIN: Successor to royalty
KAYOMARS: Mortal life; another form of Gayomard
KAYPASSEN: A son of King Kaikobad; Av. Kavi Pisina
KAYRAS: Name of a son of King Kaikobad
KAYZAD: Born of royalty; of the Kayanian family
KERBAD: An Iranian hero
Kerbadji
KERFEGAR: One who recognizes all merit
KERMANSHAH: A hero king
KERSASP: Having lean horses; the celebrated Pishdadian hero
KESHWAD: Son of Karan; name of a general of King Minochehr
KEVAN: Saturn
KHANVANT: Shining
KHARAD: Wisdom; Av. Khratu; Pahl. Khrat; Pers. Khirad
Kharshedji
KHAVAR: Creator of all favors
Khodabax
KHOJASTEH: Auspicious
KHORDAD: Created by glory or grace
KHOREHOMAND: Surrounded by a halo, possessing grace
KHORRAM: Delightful, happy
KHORUSHASP: Having pleasant horses
KHOSRAV, KHUSRU: Of good fame; Av. Husrava; king; (compare 'Caesar', 'Czar')
KHUBCHEHR: Having a fine face
KHUBRUY: With a good face
KHUBYAR: Having a good friend
KHUDABANDEH: Servant of God
KHUDABAX: Gift from God
KHUDADAD: Created by God
KHUDAMARD: Man of God
KHUDAMORAD: Desire of God
KHUDAPARASHT: God's devotee
KHUDARAM: Joy of God
KHUDAVAND: King of the Universe
KHUDAVANDEH: God, Lord
KHUDAYAD: Memory of God
KHUDAYAR: Friend of God
KHUFIRUZ: With good victory
KHURDAD: Perfection; Name of an Archangel, Av. Haurvatat; name of the sixth day and the third month
KHURSAND: Contented, happy
KHURSHID, KHWARSHED: Sun, Av. Hvare Khshaeta, 'shining sun'
KHURSHIDCHEHR: With a face like the sun; name of Zarathushtra's son; Av. Hvarechithra
KHUSHCHEHR: Having pleasing features
KHUSHMANISH: Having a good heart
KHUSHMASTA: Extremely joyous
KHUSHNAVAZ: Sweet comforter
KHUSHROD: Pleasant river
KOBAD: Name of father of Khusru the Just
KURUSH: (OP) Far sighted; Cun. name of Achaemenian King, Gk. Cyrus the Great
Kuvarji*
Lavji*
Limji, Limjibhai*
LOHRASP: Father of King Gushtasp; Av. Aurvataspa, 'having swift horses'
MAHBURZIN: Exalted moon
MAHDAT: Created by the moon
MAHMEHER: The moon and the sun; the month of Mihr
MAHNAHID: The moon and Saturn
MAHRASPAND: Holy Word; name of an angel; name of the 29th day of the month
MAHRUY: Moon faced
MAHVANDAD: Having reached the moon; name of a commentator on the Pahlavi Vendidad
MAHVIR: Moon hero
MAHYAR: One whose friend is the moon
Manakji, Manaksha*
Mancherji, or Manchersha
MANUSH: Intelligence
MANUSHKHUNARF, MANUSHKHURNER: 'Hero of the heavenly sun'; an ancestor of Zarathushtra; name of the father of the Pishdadian King Minochehr
MARDAN, MARDANSHAH: King of men: name of a nephew and son-in-law of Darius I
MARDBUD: Chief amongst men
Marzban
MARZBAN: Governor of the frontier; margrave
MEDIOMAH: Middle of the month; cousin and first disciple of Zarathushtra: Av. Maidyoi maongha
MEHBAZU: Arm of the angel Mihr
MEHBUD: Chief of a country; name of a trusted relative of King Kobad
MEHER, MIHR: Av. Mithra, the sun; love, friendship; pact, contract, bond; name of an angel; name of the 16th day and seventh month
MEHERAB: Lustre of friendship; name of a king of Kabul who was the father of Rudabeh, mother of Rustam
MEHERABAD: Made prosperous by Mihr; city of Mihr
MEHERAFSHAN: Devoted in love
MEHERAK: Like Mihr; name of a hero, the father-in-law of King Shapur I
MEHERAN: Name of the head of one of the seven illustrious Sassanian families
MEHERASP: 'Friendly horse'; name of a chamberlain of King Xerxes
MEHERBAKHSH: Gift of Mihr
MEHERBAN, MEHERWAN: Kind, friendly; name of a noted scribe
MEHERBURZIN: Exalted Mihr; name of a son of Farhad
MEHERDAD: Created, given by Mihr; Cun. Mithradata
MEHERNARSEH: Name of the prime minister of King Behram V, also known as Behram Gor
MEHERNOSH: Immortal Mihr
MEHEROJ, MEHERUZ: Day of light and love
MEHERSAN: Looking like Mihr
MEHERYAR: Friend of love
MEHERZAD: Born of the sun
Merjibhai
Mervanji
MINOCHEHR: Of spiritual or heavenly appearance; born of a heroic family; name of a Pishdadian king : Av. Manushchithra
MINOO: Spiritual, heavenly, divine
MOHOR: Moon; Av. Mah; name of the 12th day of the month
Motabhai*
MURAD: Wish
MURDAD: Immortality; later form of Amardad
Nadarsha
NADIR: Excellent
NAMDAR: Keeper of the illustrious name; famed
Nanabhai*
Naorozji
NAORUZ: New year's day
NAOSHAD: New joy
NAOTAR, NAVDAR, NAVZAR: Younger, newer; one of the three sons of Minochehr; Av. Naotara, Pers. Naozar
NAOZAD: New-born
NARIMAN: Manly minded; Av. Nairemanah; epithet of the hero Kersasp, ancestor of Zal and Rustam
NARIMANZADEH: Born of the family of Nariman
NARSEH: Name of the sons of Shapur and Yazdgerd I
Nasarvanji
NASHAK, NASHA: Friend of all
NAWAZISH: Gift given by God
NAZBAN: Protector of gracefulness
NEKCHEHR: Having a good disposition, nature, appearance
NEKDEL: Good hearted
NEKMARD: A good man
NERlOSANGH: 'Known amongst men'; name of a famous priest of India who translated into Sanskrit the Avesta and Pahlavi texts in the 12th century; abbreviated to Narseh
NEVAZAR: Intrepid as fire
NIMRUSTAM: Half as mighty as Rustam
NOSHIRWAN: Having an immortal soul; name of the famous Sassanian king
NOSHZAD, NUSHZAD: Born immortal
NOTRIGA: Name of the third brother of Zarathushtra
NUSH: Immortal; elixir; antidote; shortened form of Anosh
NUSHADAR, NUSHAZAR: Fire of life; name of a son of Azar Afruz, son of Mehernosh, son of the hero Aspandyar
NUVED, NIVED: Good news
ORVADASP: Possessing swift horses
PABAND: Secured
PADMANI: The Lord of moderation
PAHLAWAN, PAHALVAN: Hero; warrior
PAITIRASPA, PETERASP: Name of Zarathushtra's grandfather
PAKTAN: Having a pure body
Palanji
PALASH: Name of a king
PARASTAR: Adorer, worshipper; name of a learned Mobed of Patna
PARVANDA: Within everybody
PARWEZ, PARVEZ, PARVIZ, PERWEZ, APARVIZ: Victorious; an epithet of King Khusru II
PASHANGH: Name of King Minochehr's father
PASHIN: Forward, advanced; name of King Kaikobad's son
PEROZ, PEROCH, PIRUZ: Victorious; name of a Sassanian king
PEROZSHAH: Victorious ruler
PESHOTAN: Wisely active, devoted one of the sons of King Gushtasp; Av. Pishishyaothna
Pestanji, or Peshotanji
PIRANGUSHNASP, PIRGUSHNASP: Having old male horses
PISHAN: Predecessors
PISHKAR: Zealous in his duty
PISHKASIR: Head of a profession or guild
PISNANGH: Name of a son of King Kaikobad
Pochaji*
PORGAV: Having abundant cattle; name of King Faridoon's ancestor
POURUSHASPA: 'Having grey horses', name of Zartosht's father
PULAD, POLAD: Steel
PULADVAND: Steel-like
RAHAM: Name of a son of Gudarz or Godrej
RAKHOH: The Independent
RAM: Joyfulness, peace; name of the 21st day of the month
RAMBAX: Bestower of joy
RAMBEHESHT: Joyful heaven
RAMBURZIN: Exalted joy
RAMDIN: Joy of religion
RAMGUSHNASP: Joy in possessing a stallion
RAMIN: Joyful
RAMISHT: Most joyful
RAMYAR: Friend of joyfulness
RANGUSHTAR: Name of the second elder brother of Zarathushtra
RANJISHN: Name of an ancestor of Zarathushtra
RASHID: One who has attained salvation
RASHNA: Justice; name of an angel; name of the 18th day of the month
Rastamji [Rostamji, Rustamji]
Ratanji, or Ratansha
RATUSHTAR: Brother of Zarathushtra
RAYOMAND: Full of glory
REWNIZ: Warrior
ROINTAN, ROYINTAN, RUINTON: Having a body of brass. i.e. invulnerable; an epithet of Aspandyar
ROSHAN: Bright, shining; name of a scholar mentioned in the Pahlavi Vendidad
ROZAFZUN: Prosperous day
ROZBAHAR: Spring day
ROZMEHER: Day of love and light
RUSHAD: One whose soul is joyous, i.e. deceased
RUSTAM: Name of the celebrated hero of Iran; strong and well built; Pahl. Rotastahm; "I am freed". the words spoken by Rustam's mother at his birth, for he was the size of a one-year-old
RUZBEH, RUZEVEH: Good day
SAEN: Summit one of the foremost disciples of Zarathushtra
SAFNA: Bringer of prosperity
SAHI: Straight
SALM: Eldest son of Faridoon
SAM, SAHAM, SAHEM, SHAHAM: Name of Kersasp's grandfather; name of Zal's father
Santokji
SARAFRAZ: Conqueror; one whose head is high
SAROSH, SARUSH, SORUSH: Hearkening, Obedience; Av. Sraosha: name of an angel; name of the 17th day of the month
SAROSHYAR: Friend to Sraosha/Obedience
SARVAR: Sovereign prince lord
SARVAZAD: Noble like a cypress
SARVIN: Tall like a cypress
SASAN: Name of the grandfather of King Ardashir Babakan
Savaksha
SHAH: King
SHAHAK: A princeling
SHAHAN: Belonging to a king
SHAHBAHRAM: Victorious king
SHAHDAN: Royal gift
SHAHEN: Royal
SHAHFIRUZ: Victorious king
SHAHJAHAN: King of the world
SHAHMARD: Royal person
SHAHMARDAN: Of the family of Shahmard
SHAHPUR, SHAPUR: Son of a king
SHAHREN: Belonging to the realm
SHAHREVAR, SHAHREWAR: Divine power; best rule; the third Amahraspand (archangel); name of the fourth day and sixth month
SHAHROKH, SHARUKH: Having a royal face
SHAHRUD: Royal river
SHAHRYAR: Sovereign, ruler, lord
SHAHRZAD: Prince of the realm
SHAHVIR: Royal hero
SHAHZAD: Of royal birth; prince
Shapurji
SHEHERAZAD: Independent, free
SHEHERBARAZ: Exalted person of the realm; name of a general of King Khusru Parviz
SHERFIRUZ: Victorious lion
SHERGIR: One who holds the lion
Sheriadji
SHERSHAH: King of lions
SHIDASP: Possessing shining horses; name of the son of Tur, son of King Jamshed
SHIDUSH: Shining shoulder; name of the son of Gudarz; a disciple of Azar Kaevan
SHIRMARD: Lion-like man
SHIRUY: Lion-faced; son of King Khusru Parviz
SHIRVANSHAH: 'Lion-like'; name of the kings of the Shirvan dynasty
SHIRZAD: Born of a lion
SIAVAKHSH, SIAVAKHSHAN, SIAVAX, SIAVUSH: 'One who possesses black-stallions'; name of the great-grandson of King Kaykavus and father of Kay-Khosraw; Av. Syavarshana
SMARDIS, SMERDIS: Exalted; Bardiya in the Cun. inscriptions
SOHRAB, SOHRKHAB: Having glowing features; illustrious; name of the son of Rustam
Sorabji
SPENTODAD: Created by the holy spirit; Av. Spento data
SPITAMAN: White, pure; name of Zarathushtra's ancestor of the family of Spitama
SPITYUR: One who possesses white lambs; name of a brother of King Jamshed; Av. Spityura
SRIROXNA: Having beautiful oxen
STIVANT: Steadiness, security
Suklaji
SURIN: War-like, brave; name of a warrior family of ancient Iran; Pahl. Suren
SUROYAZAT: Valiant angel
SYAMAK: Name of a son of Gayomard
TAHM: Brave, valiant
TAHMASP, TUMASP: Having strong horses
TAHMTAN: Strong-bodied
TAHMURAS: A strong body; Av. Takma Urupa; name of the second Pishdadian king; son of King Hooshang
TAJ: Crown
TAKHMASPADA: One who has an army of heroes; name of a general of Darius I
TAMUR: Name of a son of the hero Barzu; shortened form of Tahmuras
TARONISH: Enemy of all evil
Tehmuras
Temulji
THRITAK: 'Third'; Avestan name of Kersasp's father, so called as he was the third son; Av. Thrita, Pahl. Saret. Pers. Asrat
TIGRAN: 'Shooting an arrow'; name of two Ashkenian kings of Armenia
TIR: Arrow; the planet Mercury
TIRANDAZ: Thrower of arrows, archer
TIRDAD: Created by Tir; name of Ashkenian kings
TISHTAR, TESHTAR: 'Sirius'; Av. Tishtrya; name of an angel; name of the 13th day and fourth month
TIZ: Sharp; quick
TIZASP: Having swift horses
TIZRAV: Quick moving
TIZYARSHTI: Holding a piercing spear; name of King Gushtasp's brother
TOKHARE: Belonging to the country of Tokhar; name of one of the sons of the hero Framarz
TUS: Contented, satisfied; name of a heroic son of the Pishdadian King Naozar
Ukarji
UPAMANA: High minded; name of an angel
URVAKHSHA: Joyful, cheerful; brother of the hero Kersasp
URVATATNARA: Man of perfection; second son of Zarathushtra
USHAH: Dawn; morning light
VALAKHSH, VALASH, BALASH, PALASH: Names of Ashkanian kings
VANITAR: Conqueror
VARAZDAD: Giver of boars
VARDANIS: Of a brave family
VARUN: Worthy of the faith reposed in Him
VASNA: Omnipresent
VASPAN: One who reaches the entire creation
VASPAR: Beneficient Lord
VEER: Hero
VEHMARD: A good man; Pers. Behmard
VIFRANAVAZ: Wise boatman; name of one who was flown into space in the form of a bird, lost his way and prayed to Ardvisura who safely returned him to earth
VISHNASP: Possessing a stallion; Av. Gushnasp
VISHTASPA: 'Having ready horses', Avestan form of Gushtasp, Kayanian patron-king of Zarathushtra
VISPANFRIA: Beloved of all
VOHUPERES: Good inquirer
VOHU-USHTRA: Having good camels
VOURUNEMANGHA: Of wide homage
WEHAFRID: Well created; later form is Behafrid
WEHSHAPUR: Good prince
WEHZAN: Well born; older form of Bezan
YADGAR: A memento, remembrance
YAKDAST: One hand; name of a celebrated one-handed Turanian warrior who fought with Rustam
YAVISHT: Young
YAZAD, YAZD: Angel; worshipful; Av. Yazata
YAZDANDAD: Created by angels
YAZDANSETAE: Worshipper of angels
YAZDEZAD: Born of an angel
YAZDGERD: Created by angels; names of the Sassanian kings
YAZDYAR, YAZDANYAR: Friend of angels
YIMA: Older form of the river Jam, Jamshed
ZADHORMAZD: Born of Ohrmazd
ZADMEHR: Born of Mihr
ZADSPARAM: Born as sweet as basil; brother of Manushchehr, High-Priest of Pars and Kirman
ZAHAN: World
ZAL: 'Old man'; name of Rustam's father, who had white hair at birth
ZAOSH: Willing
ZAR: Gold
ZARAN: Golden
ZARATHUSHTRA, ZARTOSHT: Possessing yellow camels; Greek Zoroaster meaning golden star
ZARAZDAITI: Relying on, trusting
ZARD: Yellow
ZARIAB: Sea water
ZARIR: Having a golden breast-plate; name of a valiant brother of King Gushtasp
ZARMAN: Old man; old age
ZARMEHER: Exalted love, great friendship; shortened form of Buzargmeher
ZARVAN, ZURVAN: Time
ZAVAREH: Name of a brother of Rustam
ZINAWAR: Having weapons
ZIRAK: Clever, intelligent, wise
ZIRAKZADEH: Wise born
ZREH: Sea
ZUBIN: Helper; Av. Uzava