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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).
ABAN: Waters; name of an angel; name of 10th day and 8th month
ABANDOKHT: Daughter of Aban
ABANHIR: Possessing essence of Aban
ABENAHIR: Water of stream or canal
Aimai
Alibai
ANAHITA: Stainless, immaculate; name (or epithet) of an angel (Ardvi Sura Anahita) identified with the sacred Waters (Aban)
ARDVISURA: lit. "mighty Ardvi": Brilliant waters; name of a river in Iran; name of an angel (Ardvi Sura Anahita) identified with the sacred Waters (Aban)
AREDETFREDHI: One having a righteous father; mother of a future savior
ARENAVACHI: Speaking the truth; daughter of King Jamshed
ARGAVAN: Red color
ARMAITI: Humility, devotion, piety; name of an Archangel
ARMINDOKHT: Daughter of a dweller of the garden of Eden
ARNAVAZ: Holy comforter
ARNAZ: Purely graceful
ARTA: Righteous
ARTDOKHT: Righteous daughter
ARYENISH: Of a noble lineage
ARZU: Wish
ASHA: Righteousness, holiness
ASHISHVANGH: Good blessings, sanctity; name of an angel (Av. Ashi Vanghuhi); name of 25th day of month
ATURDOKHT: Daughter of Fire
AVA: (= Aban) Waters; name of an angel; name of 10th day and eighth month
Avabai
AZAD, AZADEH: Noble
AZADDOKHT: Daughter of a freeman
AZARMIDOKHT: Beloved daughter; a polite girl; name of a Sassanian queen
Bachubai
BAHAR: Spring
BAHMANBANU: Lady with a good mind
BAHMANDOKHT: Good minded maiden; daughter of Bahman
BAKHTAVAR: Fortunate
BANU: Lady
Banubai
BANUDADHUSH: Lady with justice and intelligence
BANUGUL: Rose-like lady
BANUGUSHNASP: Lady who possesses a male horse; name of a brave daughter of Rustam
BANUHUFRIYA: Friendly lady, loving lady
BANUHUFRIZ: Well-born lady
BANUHURAM: Lady with joy; name of hero Rustam's wife
BANUHURURISH: Lady shining like the sun
BEHAFRID: Well created
BEHRUZ: Good day
BEHZAD: Well born
BENAFSHA: A violet
Bhikhaiji*
BOSTAN: Place of fragrance; garden; name of a book by Sheikh Saadi
CHAMAN: Garden
Chandanbai*
CHEHERAZAD: Of noble descent
DADHUSH: Born intelligent
DADHUSHFARROKH: Born with auspicious intelligence
DANISH: Wisdom
DEHBANU: Village lady
DELAFRUZ: Kindler of the heart
DELARA: Adorner of heart; beloved
DELARAM: Comfort to heart; lovely woman
DELBAHAR: Heart of the spring season
DELBANU: Lady of heart; loving lady
DELBAR: Loving; sweetheart
DELDAR: Keeper of heart; lover
DELKHUSH: Pleasant; cheerful; opener of heart
DELNAVAZ: Caresser of heart
DELRUBA: Ravishing of heart
DELSHAD: Of happy heart
DEYAZAD: Worshipful creator
Dhanbai*
DIN: Religion; conscience; name of an angel; name of 24th day
DINAZ: Religious song, music
Dinbai
DINBANU: Lady of faith
DINBANU: Lady of faith
DOGDO: One who milks cows; daughter; Av. Dugedhra, name of Zarathushtra's mother
Dosibai*
FAHNIK: Virtuous
FARHANG: Knowledge, learning
FARIDA: Proud, headstrong
FARKHONDA: Happy, fortunate
FARNAZA, FARZANAK: Learned; intelligent
FARZANAK: Learned
FERANGIZ: Dazzling glory; name of mother of King Kai-Khusrow
FEROZA: Victorious
FEROZBANU: Victorious lady
FEROZBANU: Victorious lady
FRANAK: Glorious; name of King Faridoon's mother
FRANAK: Glorious; name of King Faridoon's mother
FRAWARTI: Guardian Spirit
FRENY: Beloved; name of one of the daughters of Zarathushtra
FRIYA, FRIYANA: Beloved
GANJ: Treasure
GOHAR: Essence; nature; jewel
GOHARAFRID: Created by nature
GORDAFRID: Created as a hero; name of an Iranian heroine who fought against Sohrab
GORDIEH: A woman warrior
GUL: Flower; rose
GULAFRUZ: Dazzling like a flower
GULAFSAN: Rose fable
GULAFSHAN: Dispersing like a flower
GULANDAM: Having the form of a flower; slender, delicate
GULBADAN: Having a body like a rose
GULBAHER: A spring flower
Gulbai
GULBANU: Flower-like lady
GULBARG: A roseleaf
GULCHEHR: Having a countenance like a rose; name of the beloved of Aorang
GULESTAN: Garden of roses; name of book by Sheikh Saadi
GULKHANDAN: Smiling like a flower
GULKHURSHID: Sunflower
GULLALA: The tulip flower
GULNAR: Pomegranate
GULPAEKAR: Rose-faced
GULROXAR: Rose-faced; rosy-cheeked
GULRUKH: Rose-faced; ruddy
GULSHAN: A delightful spot; rose garden
GULSHIRIN: Sweet like a rose: name of daughter of King Yazdgerd who defeated the Arabs for a time
GULZAR: Garden Of flowers
Hirabai*
HOMA: Name of an Iranian bird
HOMAI: Well proportioned; name of Kayanian King Bahman's wife
HORMAZBANU: Lady bearing the name of God
HUFRIYA: One who possesses much love
HUTOSH: Well-formed
HUTOXI: Diligent, industrious; name of King Gushtasp's queen
HVOVI: Of the family of Hvov wnich means 'having good animals'; consort of Zarathushtra
IRANBANU: Lady of Iran
IRANDOKHT: Daughter of Iran
JAHANARAY: Adorner of the world
Jaiji*
Jarbai
KAIANDOKHT: Daughter of Kayanian family
KAIDOKHT: Daughter of a king; princess
KANIZ: Maiden
KATAYUN: Name of the Queen of King Gushtasp
KATIN: Belonging to the house
KEHERAFRID: Made of chestnut or bay color
KERBANU: A lady of felicity, strength, and power
KESHVAR: Country, region
KHARMEN: Hero
Kharshedbai
KHUBCHEHR: Good looking
KHUBRUI: Of fine features
KHURMAND: Possessing glory
KHURSHID: Shining sun; Av. Hvare Khshaeta
KHURSHIDBANU: Lady like the sun
KHUSHCHEHR: Of pleasing face
KHUSHMAND: Happy
KHUSHNAMA, KHUSHNAM: Of nice appearance
KHUSHNAWAZ: Pleasingly caressing
Kuvarbai*
LAL: Ruby: red wine: vermillion lips of a lovely woman
LALAGUL: Tulip flower
LALEH: Tulip: the tulip-shaped pestle used in the Yasna ceremony
LILYA: Dark night
MAH: Moon
MAHAFRID: Created great
MAHAFRIN: Blessing of the moon
MAHAZIVER: A lady with golden ornaments
MAHBANU: Moon-like lady
MAHCHEHR: With features like the moon
MAHDOKHT: Daughter of the moon
MAHIN: Like the moon
MAHINBANU: Lady like the moon
MAHKHURSHID: Moon and sun
MAHPAEKAR: Having a face like the moon
MAHPARI: Fairy of the moon
MAHPARVIN: Moon Pleiades
MAHPERVIZ: Excellent like the moon
MAHROKH, MAHRU: Having a face like the moon
MAHTAB: Shining moon
MAHZARIN: Golden moon
MAKHMAL: Velvet
Manakbai*
MANI: Angelic
MANIZEH: A jewel of a lady; name of wife of Bezan and daughter of Afrasiab
MEHER: The sun; love, kindness, friendship: justice; name of an angel; name of the 16th day and seventh month
MEHERAFRAZ: Exalted by love
MEHERAFRID: Created by love
MEHERAFRIN: Blessings of the sun
MEHERAFRUZ: Kindled by love
MEHERANGIZ: One that creates love
Meherbai
MEHERBANU: Lady of love
MEHERCHEHR: Having features like the sun
MEHERKHODA: Lord of friendship; Grace of God
MEHEROKH: With a face like the sun
MEHERPAEKAR: Of a face like the sun
MEHERSIMIN: Having a silvery form like Mihr
Mithibai
MORVARID: Pearl
Motibai*
NAHEED: Venus; stainless, immaculate
Nahlibai*
NARENJ: Orange
NARGES: Narcissus
NAVAZ: One who caresses, soothes; name of a musical instrument
Navazbai
NAVAZESH: Caressing, soothing
NAZAKAT: Elegance, politeness, tenderness
NAZBANU: Graceful lady
NAZCHEHR: Graceful looks
NAZNEEN: Graceful maiden
NAZTAB: Shining grace: epithet applied by Firdousi to Mushknaz
NEKAKHTAR: Of good stars
NEKBAKHT: Of good fortune
NEKCHEHR: Of good appearance
NEKDEL: Of good heart
NEZHAT: Pure
NILOPAL, NILUFER: Lotus, water-lily
PAESANGNU: A decorated female
PARENDI: An angel of prosperity
PARI: Fairy
PARIBANU: Fairy-girl
PARICHEHR: Fairy-faced
PARIK: Fairy
PARIN: Fairy-like
PARINDOKHT: Daughter of a fairy
PARIZAD: Born of a fairy
PARVANA: A butterfly, a moth
PARVIN: Pleiades; pearls
PARVIZ: Victorious; happy; excellent
PAYENDEH: Permanent
Pirozbai
POURUCHISTI: Full of wisdom; name of daughter of Zarathushtra
PURAN: Of red color; successor
PURANDOKHT: Name of a queen, daughter of Puran
PURGAV: Having many cows
PUYENDEH: Swift
RAKHSHANDEH: Shining
RAMBANU: Lady of joy
RAMBEHESHT: Paradise of joy
RASHNA: Rectitude
Ratanbai, Ratubai*
ROBAB: A musical instrument
ROBEAB: Sweeping of waters
ROKHSAR: Bright face
ROSHAN: Bright; shining
ROSHANAF: Bright
ROSHANAK: Bright woman
ROSHNI: Lustre
ROXENDA: Flashing
ROZAFZUN: Prosperous day
ROZBAHAR: Spring day
ROZMEHER: Day of love ard light
RUDABEH: River water, name of wife of Zal
RUHAE: A woman of good fortune
Rupabai*
RUX: Day
RUXSHIN: Shining, bright
RUZBEH: Good day
Sakarbai*
SAMANBAR: Forebearing
SAMANNAZ: Beautiful lily of the val!ey; name of the daughter of Kurang, king of Zabulistan, who married King Jamshed
SAMANRUKH: With a patient face
SANOBER: A name of an evergreen tree like the cypress
SAPINUD: White; name of an Iranian queen
SARAFRAZ: With an exalted head; honored
SAROSH: Obedience; an angel; name of 17th day
SARV: Cypress
SARVAZAD: Noble like a cypress
SAVANGHVACHI: Speaking gainfully; Av. name for a daughter of King Jamshed
SHAHBANU: Queen
SHAHDOKHT: Daughter of a monarch, princess
SHAHI: Royal
SHAHNAVAZ: Caresser of a King
SHAHNAZ: Pride of a King
SHAHRINAZ: Music of the realm
SHAHRU: Having a face like a sovereign
SHAHZAN: Royal spouse: virgin wedded, so named in Parsi marriage benediction
SHAKER: Sweet
SHAKERBANU: sweet lady
SHAKERNAZ: Delicate as sweet words
SHEHERAZAD: Independant, Free
SHEHERBANU: Lady of the city
SHEHERIVAR [Shahrewar]: Power at will; name of an Archangel; name of fourth day and sixth month
SHEHERNAVAZ: Comfort of the city
SHEHERNAZ: Glory of the City
SHIRBANU: Brave lady
SHIRDOKHT: Brave daughter
Shirin
SHIRIN: Sweet
SHIRINBANU: Sweet lady
SIMBAR: Having a white complexion
SIMIN: Silvery
SIMINDOKHT: Silvern girl
SIMURG: Mythical bird
SINDOKHT: Name of a female ancestor of Rustam
SPENTA ARMAITI: Beneficient, right mindedness, truthfulness; name of an Archangel
SPENTA: Holy
SRUTATFEDHRI: Having a famous father; Av. name of the mother of one of the three saviours of the world
SUDABEH: Having lustrous profit; name of the daughter of King of Hamavaran, and Oueen of King Kaus, the Kayanian
Suklibai*
Sunabai*
SUSAN: Lily; fir tree; name of a Turanian dancing girl who trapped Iranian heroes
TABENDEH: Shining
TAJBANU: Lady of the Crown; queen
TANAZ: Having a delicate body
TEHMINA: Strong woman; name of hero Rustam's wife and daughter of King of Samangan
THRITY: Third one; Av. name for one of the daughters of Zarathushtra
TISHTAR: Angel of rain
TOKHMESARV: Having stature like a cypress
TUSHNAMAITY: Contented mind
USHTAVAITY: Having bliss: name of the second Gatha
VAHBIZ: Bestowed by God
VANGHU FREDHI: Of good parentage; name of mother of future saviour
VIRA: Heroine
Virbaiji*
VIRBANU: Heroic lady
VISPANFRIVA: Beloved of all
YASMIN: Jasmine
YAZDIN: Angelic
YAZDINDOKHT: Angelic daughter
ZAMROD: Jamrud, the river of Jam, a town near Peshawar
ZARIN: Golden
ZARINCHINAR: Golden poplar
ZARMANDOKHT: Daughter of time
ZER: Gold
ZOISH: The invoker; name of Zarathushtra's grand-mother