Persian baby names

Persian names include names of ancient kings (Cyrus, Darius) and Persian words that travelled west: Jasmine and Yasmin come from yasaman, "jasmine", and Jasper is usually traced to a Persian word for "treasurer". Of the names we have researched, 11 are Persian, given to 9,986 US babies in 2025.

Rising Persian names

Biggest climbers in rank since 2020: Amiri (#2,304 to #964), Soraya (#1,186 to #868), Esther (#148 to #119), Yasmin (#980 to #959), Amiri (#1,295 to #604), Casper (#1,226 to #924), Cyrus (#369 to #268), Dario (#819 to #760), Jasper (#138 to #129).

Persian girl names (5)

Name	Meaning	Rank 2025	Babies 2025
Esther		#119	2,277
Jasmine	jasmine (the flower)	#206	1,481
Yasmin	jasmine	#959	269
Soraya	the Pleiades (star cluster)	#868	313
Roxanne	"bright, shining"	#1,315	170

Persian boy names (6)

Name	Meaning	Rank 2025	Babies 2025
Jasper	treasurer (Persian)	#129	2,804
Cyrus		#268	1,284
Amiri	of the amir; princely	#604	472
Dario	holding firm the good (Persian Darius)	#760	339
Darius	holding firm the good (Old Persian)	#788	322
Casper	treasurer (Persian, via Caspar)	#924	255

How origins are assigned

Each name gets one origin: the language its meaning comes from, which is not always the language it reached English through. Mateo is Spanish in form but Hebrew in origin, so it is listed as Hebrew. The lists cover the roughly 2,000 most used names we have researched so far. Common meanings among Persian names: names from occupations, flower, king or queen.