# Writing Adolescent Fiction/Character names/Persian
## Usage note

Sometimes people in Iran still use the ancient Persian given names, such as Taraneh.

## Girls' names

* Afareen
* Afsar
* Afshan
* Afsoon
* Aghigh
* Ahou
* Akhtar
* Akram
* Alia
* Anahita
* Anusheh
* Ara
* Arezoo
* Armaghan
* Aroosha
* Arshfam
* Assieh
* Atefeh
* Atoosa
* Atussa
* Avizeh
* Ayasha
* Azar
* Azara
* Azita
* Azur
* Azura
* Bahar
* Baharak
* Bahareh
* Banou
* Beeta
* Behbaha
* Behkrakh
* Behnaz
* Behrokh
* Bita
* Bodagh
* Bolour
* Bousseh
* Chalipa
* Chehreh
* Darya
* Daryadokht
* Deena
* Delara
* Delbar
* Delkash
* Dina
* Donya
* Dorri
* Dorrin
* Dorsai
* Dorsay
* Ehteram
* Elaheh
* Elham
* Elnaz
* Ezzati
* Fakhri
* Farah
* Faranak
* Farangis
* Fariba
* Farida
* Farideh
* Farkhondeh
* Farnaz
* Farzaneh
* Fatimah
* Feerouzeh
* Fereshteh
* Feri
* Firouzeh
* Forough
* Forouzan
* Forouzandeh
* Fozhan
* Gatha
* Geesou
* Ghamzeh
* Ghassedak
* Ghazaleh
* Ghodsi
* Ghoncheh
* Gisou
* Golbahar
* Golgoon
* Goli
* Golnar
* Golnaz
* Golnessa
* Golpari
* Golshan
* Golshon
* Gordia
* Guita
* Guiti
* Guity
* Habibeh
* Haleh
* Hamaseh
* Hasti
* Hengameh
* Hoda
* Homeira
* Hormat
* Houri
* Iman
* Iran
* Iran-dokht
* Ishraqi
* Jabbareh
* Jaleh
* Jannat
* Jilla
* Katayoun
* Khandan
* Khojassteh
* Khorsheed
* Kimiyaa
* Kira
* Kobra
* Kokab
* Korsum
* Kowkab
* Ladan
* Laila
* Laleh
* Layly
* Leily
* Leyla
* Lida
* Lili
* Mahasti
* Mahbod
* Mahbubih
* Maheen
* Mahkameh
* Mahlagha
* Mahnoosh
* Mahrokh
* Mahsa
* Mahta
* Mahvash
* Maliheh
* Mana
* Mandi
* Mandona
* Manizheh
* Marjan
* Marmar
* Maryam
* Marzieh
* Masoumeh
* Mastoureh
* Mehrangiz
* Mehrnoosh
* Mehry
* Minan
* Mitra
* Moloud
* Moneereh
* Morvarid
* Mozhdeh
* Mozhgan
* Naghmeh
* Nahal
* Naheed
* Najmeh
* Nakisa
* Narda
* Nargess
* Naseem
* Nasreen
* Nastaran
* Nava
* Nazafarin
* Nazanin
* Nazgol
* Nazhin
* Nazilla
* Neda
* Negar
* Negeen
* Negin
* Neshat
* Nikoo
* Niloufar
* Niyoosha
* Nora
* Noushafarin
* Oldooz
* Oranous
* Ordoukhany
* Orkideh
* Parand
* Parastoo
* Paree
* Pareechehr
* Pareerou
* Pareevash
* Parisa
* Parto
* Parvaneh
* Parvin
* Peymaneh
* Peyvand
* Pouneh
* Pouran
* Pouran-dokht
* Ramak
* Ramesh
* Razieh
* Reema
* Reyhaneh
* Rima
* Roksana
* Roudabeh
* Roxana
* Roya
* Sadira
* Saeedeh
* Saghar
* Saghi
* Saharnaz
* Sahba
* Saideh
* Salomeh
* Sameen
* Sanaz
* Sareh
* Sarvenaz
* Sattareh
* Sayeh
* Seema
* Sepideh
* Setareh
* Shabnam
* Shabnan
* Shadan
* Shadi
* Shaghayegh
* Shahdi
* Shaheen
* Shahin
* Shahla
* Shahnaz
* Shahrbanou
* Shahrzad
* Shalizeh
* Shams
* Sheefteh
* Sheeva
* Shervin
* Sheyda
* Shohreh
* Shokouh
* Sholeh
* Shouka
* Simin
* Soheila
* Soray
* Soroushi
* Soudabeh
* Soulmaz
* Soussan
* Suri
* Tahmineh
* Talayeh
* Taranish
* Tarsa
* Touca
* Touran
* Turandot
* Vashti
* Veeda
* Vida
* Yalda
* Zarrin
* Zeeba
* Zeresh
* Zeridia
* Zhaleh
* Zhila
* Zohreh
* Zoya

## Boys' names

* Abdolkhalegh
* Abtin
* Afshar
* Afsharafshin
* Afshin
* Aghajun
* Ahour
* Alireza
* Anoush
* Arash
* Arastoo
* Ardalan
* Ardavan
* Ardeshir
* Aref
* Aria
* Ario
* Armeen
* Arsalan
* Arshia
* Arya
* Arzhang
* Asghar
* Ashk
* Ashrafzadeh
* Assim
* Atash
* Atid
* Avesta
* Azghar
* Babak
* Bahman
* Bahram
* Baktash
* Bamdad
* Bameen
* Bamshad
* Bardia
* Bauback
* Behnam
* Behrang
* Behrooz
* Behrouz
* Behzad
* Bijan
* Borna
* Borzoo
* Bozorgmehr
* Cambiz
* Changeez
* Dadbeh
* Danesh
* Dara
* Darab
* Dareh
* Darioush
* Dariush
* Daryoosh
* Davab
* Davood
* Derafsh
* Dhabihullah
* Ehsan
* Emad
* Esfandiar
* Esfandyar
* Esmail
* Etehade
* Fafar
* Faghani
* Fahimifar
* Faramarz
* Faraz
* Farbod
* Farchid
* Fardad
* Farhad
* Farhang
* Fariborz
* Farjad
* Farrokh
* Farrokhzad
* Farshid
* Farsin
* Farzad
* Farzam
* Farzin
* Fazlollah
* Fereydoon
* Ferydoun
* Firouz
* Forood
* Foroohar
* Forouq
* Gazsi
* Ghaffar
* Ghebers
* Ghobad
* Giv
* Goodarz
* Gorban
* Goshtasb
* Goudarz
* Guebers
* Haider
* Hajir
* Hamidreza
* Heydar
* Hojjat
* Homayoun
* Hooshang
* Hooshyar
* Hootan
* Hormoz
* Houman
* Iraj
* Jamsheed
* Jamshid
* Javad
* Javeed
* Javid
* Jivan
* Kamal
* Kambiz
* Kamran
* Kamshad
* Kamyar
* Kansbar
* Karamat
* Karbaschi
* Kasra
* Kaveh
* Kavoos
* Kayan
* Kayvan
* Kayvon
* Keivan
* Keyan
* Key-ghobad
* Key-khosrow
* Keyvan
* Khodadad
* Khosrow
* Kianoosh
* Kiarash
* Kiomars
* Kiumars
* Kiyan
* Koohyar
* Koorosh
* Koosha
* Kouros
* Kourosh
* Kush
* Kusha
* Madjid
* Mahbad
* Mahyar
* Majeed
* Majid
* Mani
* Manouchehr
* Mashreza
* Massood
* Mazdah
* Maziar
* Mazyar
* Mehrab
* Mehrak
* Mehran
* Mehrdad
* Mehrshad
* Mehrzad
* Moana
* Mohsen
* Mojtaba
* Monaghi
* Moosa
* Morteza
* Mozaffar
* Namdar
* Nariman
* Navid
* Neema
* Nema
* Newsha
* Nima
* Niyoosha
* Nizamid
* Nouri
* Noushzad
* Omeed
* Omid
* Orang
* Panahy
* Parham
* Parsa
* Parshang
* Parviz
* Pasha
* Payam
* Pazhang
* Pedram
* Pedrom
* Pejman
* Perjad
* Peyman
* Peyvand
* Pezhman
* Phiroz
* Pirooz
* Pirous
* Piroz
* Poerya
* Pooya
* Pouriya
* Poya
* Pujman
* Pyruz
* Rambod
* Ramin
* Rasoul
* Reza
* Roozbeh
* Rostam
* Rovin
* Saber
* Sadegh
* Saeed
* Salar
* Sam
* Saman
* Sami
* Sasan
* Sattar
* Sepehr
* Seyed
* Seyyed
* Shahab
* Shahbaz
* Shaheen
* Shahin
* Shahkam
* Shahram
* Shahriar
* Shahriyar
* Shahrokh
* Shahrooz
* Shahvand
* Shapour
* Shatrevar
* Shervin
* Shirzad
* Showan
* Siamak
* Siavash
* Siavosh
* Siavush
* Soheil
* Sohrab
* Sooudi
* Soroush
* Suhayl
* Syavash
* Tabriz
* Taher
* Tahmaseb
* Tahmouress
* Tarazullah
* Teymour
* Tirdad
* Touraj
* Vafa
* Viraf
* Vishtasb
* Yaghoub
* Yahya
* Yashar
* Zahak
* Zaheer
* Zakaria
* Zal
* Zamani
* Zamyad
* Zand
* Zartosht
* Zia

## Ancient Persian girls' names

* Ajda
* Alma
* Almira
* Altair
* Amber
* Amestrin
* Amestris
* Armida
* Artaynta
* Artazostra
* Artystone
* Asiria
* Atossa
* Avesta
* Azura
* Azure
* Badia
* Barsine
* Bethany
* Bibi
* Cyra
* Damaspia
* Daria
* Dickla
* Drypetis
* Dunya
* Esther
* Hutaosa
* Idra
* Illit
* Kalila
* Kira
* Laila
* Laleh
* Layla
* Leila
* Lila
* Lilac
* Lilith
* Mamaea
* Mania
* Marjan
* Martha
* Mawia
* Mitra
* Muriel
* Nahid
* Pari
* Parmys
* Parveneh
* Parvin
* Parysatis
* Phaedyme
* Pheretima
* Phratagune
* Raokshna
* Razili
* Roshan
* Roshanara
* Roxana
* Roxanna
* Roxanne
* Saba
* Sadira
* Samantha
* Samira
* Semiramis
* Shahnaz
* Sima
* Sisygambis
* Soraya
* Souzan
* Stateira
* Tamath
* Taraneh
* Teli
* Tomyris
* Vega
* Zade
* Zaibunissa
* Zarina
* Zelica
* Zena
* Zenana
* Zenda
* Zohrah
* Zohreh

## Ancient Persian boys' names

* Ahasver
* Aidoneus
* Alpistos
* Amphistreus
* Anaphes
* Anchares
* Araxis
* Ardisher
* Argestes
* Arisai
* Arizus
* Armamithras
* Arsakes
* Arses
* Arsha
* Artabanus
* Artabarzanes
* Artaeus
* Artamenes
* Artaxerxes
* Artobazanes
* Artybius
* Azanes
* Bademus
* Bagaeus
* Bagoas
* Baraxis
* Bassaces
* Betis
* Bistanes
* Boubakes
* Bubares
* Cambyses
* Cherasmis
* Cyrus
* Darius
* Datis
* Daurises
* Deioces
* Diaexis
* Dotamas
* Dotus
* Gergis
* Gobryas
* Gyges
* Histaeus
* Histanes
* Hymeas
* Imaeos
* Ithamatres
* Kashtaritu
* Kersi
* Khurshid
* Lilaios
* Lythimnas
* Magos
* Maraphis
* Marsena
* Mascames
* Masistes
* Masistras
* Massages
* Mazaces
* Mazaios
* Megabates
* Megabyzus
* Megadostes
* Memphis
* Menapis
* Mitrobates
* Myrsus
* Nabaranes
* Nasim
* Ninus
* Oarizus
* Ochus
* Oeobazus
* Oroites
* Oxathres
* Parshandatha
* Parthos
* Pegastagon
* Pelagon
* Petosiris
* Pharnabazus
* Pharnaces
* Pharnazathres
* Pissuthnes
* Prexaspes
* Psammis
* Sanballat
* Sargon
* Sasan
* Sharezer
* Soroush
* Syennesis
* Taboras
* Tallis
* Teaspes
* Teispes
* Tissaphernes
* Tithaeus
* Tolmos
* Ukshatar
* Vishtaspa
* Xanthes
* Xerxes
* Zopyrus

## Surnames
### Top 10

* Abbasi
* Ahmadi
* Rahimi
* Tehrani
* Hosseini
* Shirazi
* Mohammadi
* Jafari
* Ebrahimi
* Salehi

### Others

* Abdi
* Abdollahi
* Abedi
* Abedini
* Abolhassan
* Abouzar
* Adeli
* Afnan
* Afshar
* Afsharazad
* Afshari
* Aftandilians
* Aghaei
* Ahari
* Ahmadi
* Ahmadian
* Ahmadinejad
* Ahmadzadeh
* Ahoobim
* Ahrari
* Akbari
* Akbarzadeh
* Akhavan
* Akhlaghi
* Ala
* Alam
* Alavi
* Alavizadeh
* Alemzadeh
* Alimohammadi
* Alipour
* Alireza
* Alizadeh
* Allahverdi
* Ameri
* Amini
* Aminian
* Amir
* Amiri
* Amirsadeghi
* Ammini
* Amouzegar
* Amuzgar
* Anoushiravani
* Ansari
* Anvari
* Arasteh
* Arbabi
* Ardabili
* Ardalan
* Arfa
* Arian
* Armanjani
* Asadi
* Asadzadeh
* Asgapur
* Asgari
* Asghari
* Ashrafi
* Ashrafy
* Askari
* Astaneh
* Avarigan
* Awji
* Azad
* Azadi
* Azar
* Azari
* Azarvand
* Azimi
* Azizi
* Babaei
* Bagheri
* Bagherpour
* Bahador
* Bahar
* Bahmani
* Bahonar
* Bahrami
* Bakhshi
* Bakhtavar
* Bakhtiar
* Bakhtiari
* Balakhane
* Bani
* Banihshemi
* Bannazadeh
* Bano
* Baraghoush
* Baraheri
* Baranzadeh
* Barati
* Bassiri
* Batouli
* Bayat
* Bazargan
* Bazshushtari
* Begzadeh
* Beheshti
* Behforooz
* Behrang
* Behrouzi
* Behtash
* Beykpour
* Bihmardi
* Bolourchi
* Boroomand
* Borzorg
* Burujirdi
* Bushiri
* Caspari
* Dabir
* Dalvand
* Dardashti
* Dargahi
* Daramad
* Dastghayb
* Dastmalchi
* Davisadr
* Davoodi
* Davoodzadeh
* Dehdari
* Dehghan
* Dehghani
* Dehmohseni
* Deldari
* Dhabihiyan
* Diba
* Dihmubidi
* Dihqani
* Divani
* Djahani
* Djeiran
* Dulabi
* Ebadi
* Ebtehaj
* Eftekhari
* Emami
* Esfahani
* Eshraghi
* Eskandari
* Eslami
* Esmaeili
* Esmaili
* Ettehadieh
* Faghiri
* Fahandizh
* Falaki
* Fallah
* Farahani
* Farahmand
* Faraji
* Farhadi
* Faridi
* Farizeh
* Farmaian
* Farzan
* Fatemi
* Fathi
* Fattahi
* Fazeli
* Feroz
* Firouzian
* Foodeei
* Forrughi
* Gafari
* Gaffari
* Garoussi
* Gazsi
* Geramipour
* Ghaderi
* Ghafari
* Ghaffari
* Ghafoori
* Ghahramani
* Ghanbari
* Gharib
* Ghasemi
* Ghatary
* Ghawami
* Ghazanfaria
* Ghazi
* Ghobadi
* Ghofranian
* Gholami
* Ghorbani
* Ghurani
* Golbad
* Goli
* Goodarzi
* Guebers
* Habibi
* Hadizadeh
* Haghighi
* Haghkerdar
* Haji
* Hajimiru
* Hajirnia
* Hajjari
* Hajizadeh
* Hakimi
* Hakimzadeh
* Hami
* Hamidi
* Hamzeh
* Hamzei
* Haqiqat
* Haqiqatju
* Hariri
* Hasani
* Hashemi
* Hassani
* Hassna
* Hatami
* Hed
* Heidari
* Hejazi
* Hemami
* Heydari
* Heydarzadeh
* Heyman
* Hisami
* Homayoun
* Hoseini
* Hossein
* Hosseinzadeh
* Hossini
* Hoveyda
* Hushmand
* Ila
* Imami
* Imani
* Iran
* Irani
* Iravan
* Ishraqi
* Ispahani
* Izadi
* Jad
* Jaffari
* Jahanpur
* Jalali
* Jalalzadeh
* Jalili
* Jamali
* Jamshidi
* Janzadeh
* Javadi
* Javaherian
* Javid
* Javidzadeh
* Jayhoon
* Joon
* Jorjani
* Kalani
* Kalantari
* Kamali
* Kamkar
* Kamran
* Kamvar
* Kangarloo
* Karami
* Karamzadeh
* Kargar
* Karimi
* Kashani
* Kashi
* Kassaian
* Kazemi
* Kazerooni
* Kazimi
* Keshavarz
* Keshtkar
* Keshuapad
* Khadem
* Khademi
* Khademzadeh
* Khadim
* Khailtash
* Khalidi
* Khalili
* Khamenei
* Khan
* Khandil
* Khani
* Khanlary
* Khanzadeh
* Khodavandi
* Khomeini
* Khorsandi
* Khoshnou
* Khosrozadeh
* Khosravi
* Khushkhu
* Khuzayn
* Kiani
* Kiyan
* Koochekzadeh
* Kordiyeh
* Kouroshy
* Kutchemeshgi
* Lavasani
* Loghmanpour
* Lotfi
* Madani
* Madari
* Maghsoudi
* Mahallati
* Mahamedi
* Mahdavi
* Mahdavian
* Mahdavy
* Mahmoodi
* Mahmoudi
* Mahmudi
* Mahmudnizhad
* Majidi
* Malaki
* Malek
* Maleki
* Maniei
* Manouchehr
* Mansoori
* Mansouri
* Mansur
* Manuchehri
* Maradi
* Maravandi
* Mashayekhi
* Masoumi
* Massumi
* Mazaheri
* Mazlum
* Mehr
* Mehrabi
* Mehran
* Mesgara
* Mesgarzadeh
* Meshkat
* Mihdizadih
* Mir
* Miri
* Mirza
* Mirzadi
* Mirzaee
* Mirzaei
* Misbahi
* Missaghi
* Moayedian
* Moayer
* Moazzami
* Moghadam
* Moghaddam
* Moghdam
* Mohaghegh
* Moham
* Mohamadi
* Mohammadzadeh
* Mohebian
* Mohseni
* Mokhtari
* Momeni
* Monjazeb
* Moosavi
* Moradi
* Moradzadeh
* Mortazavi
* Mosavi
* Moshiri
* Mossadegh
* Mossadeghi
* Motaei
* Motamedi
* Moullai
* Mousavi
* Mozayeni
* Mualimi
* Muhammadi
* Muini
* Mumtaz
* Mumtazi
* Muqimi
* Musavi
* Mutlaq
* Nabbatishoghl
* Naderi
* Nadimi
* Nadjmabadi
* Naimi
* Najafi
* Najmi
* Namazian
* Namiri
* Naraghi
* Naseri
* Nasiri
* Nasr
* Nassiri
* Navabi
* Nazari
* Nejati
* Nekouian
* Nemati
* Nemazi
* Nexam
* Nexamzadeh
* Nia
* Nikkaresfahani
* Nirumand
* Noori
* Noroozi
* Norouzi
* Nouri
* Omidi
* Omranzadeh
* Pad
* Pahlavi
* Pakravan
* Pakzad
* Palizban
* Panahi
* Parsa
* Parvinzadeh
* Peyvan
* Pirani
* Piruzmand
* Poshtkouhi
* Pourazizi
* Pourmand
* Qashqai
* Qazai
* Qazvinian
* Qoli
* Rabani
* Rad
* Radji
* Rafiee
* Rafieha
* Rafigdoost
* Rah
* Rahimian
* Rahmani
* Rahmati
* Raissi
* Rajabi
* Ramazan
* Ramezani
* Ranjbar
* Rashedi
* Rashidi
* Rasouli
* Rateshtari
* Rawhani
* Raz
* Razavi
* Razaz
* Razi
* Razizadeh
* Razmara
* Reyahni
* Reza
* Rezaee
* Rezaei
* Rezaie
* Rezvani
* Rizvi
* Roohizadegan
* Rostami
* Rouhani
* Saadat
* Saadiyeh
* Sabbaghi
* Sabbah
* Saberi
* Saberzadeh
* Sabet
* Sabetzadeh
* Sabiri
* Sadeghi
* Sadighi
* Sadighpour
* Sadiqi
* Sadough
* Sadravi
* Saeedi
* Safarian
* Saghafi
* Sahebi
* Saidi
* Salamat
* Salari
* Salimi
* Salimpour
* Samadi
* Samadzadeh
* Sanjabi
* Saraee
* Sarmad
* Sayedzadeh
* Sayegh
* Seddighi
* Shabani
* Shabouh
* Shadpour
* Shafaie
* Shafaq
* Shafiee
* Shafiei
* Shah
* Shahbaz
* Shahbazi
* Shahdost
* Shahnaser
* Shahy
* Shahzadeh
* Shakeri
* Shakernia
* Shakshuki
* Shalabi
* Shams
* Shariat
* Shariati
* Sharif
* Sharifzadeh
* Sharifi
* Shaterian
* Shayan
* Sheikholeslami
* Shirazi
* Shojaei
* Shokouhi
* Shokri
* Showghi
* Sioshansi
* Siyavushi
* Sohi
* Sohrabi
* Soleimani
* Soleymani
* Soltani
* Soltanzadeh
* Sorooshian
* Soroushian
* Sotoudeh
* Sumech
* Taba
* Tabazadeh
* Tabarsi
* Tabatabaei
* Tabatabai
* Tafti
* Taghavi
* Taghizadeh
* Taheri
* Tahmasebi
* Tahsini
* Talaqani
* Talati
* Talavi
* Talebi
* Talei
* Taleqani
* Tanzeem
* Tavakoli
* Tazhibi
* Teymourtash
* Teymourzadeh
* Tirandaz
* Torabi
* Usman
* Vafa’i
* Vahdat
* Vakili
* Vali
* Valizadeh
* Yakhi
* Yaldai
* Yaqtin
* Yarmand
* Yasaimaibofi
* Yazd
* Yazdani
* Yazdi
* Youkhana
* Yousef
* Yousefi
* Yousefzadeh
* Zadeh
* Zaeem
* Zahed
* Zahedani
* Zahedi
* Zaidi
* Za’irpur
* Zamani
* Zandi
* Zangenah
* Zanjani
* Zarandi
* Zardoshty
* Zare
* Zarei
* Zargar
* Zartoshty
* Zavvar
* Ziatabari
* Ziya
* Zolfaghari