Persian Submitted Surnames

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Abbasian Persian
From the given name Abbas.

Abbaspoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian عباس‌پور (see Abbaspour).

Abbaspour Persian
Means "son of Abbas" in Persian.

Abbaszadeh Persian
Means "born of Abbas" in Persian.

Abdolhosseini Persian
From the given name Abdolhossein.

Abdolhosseinzadeh Persian
Means "born of Abdolhossein" in Persian.

Abdolkarimi Persian
From the given name Abdolkarim.

Abdollahi Persian
From the given name Abdollah.

Abdollahian Persian
From the given name Abdollah.

Abdollahzadeh Persian
Means "born of Abdollah" in Persian.

Abdolmaleki Persian
From the given name Abdolmalek.

Abdolrezaei Persian
From the given name Abdolreza.

Abed Arabic, Persian
From the given name Abed.

Abedini Persian
From the given name Abedin.

Abolfazli Persian
From the given name Abolfazl.

Abolhassani Persian
From the given name Abolhassan.

Abtahi Persian
Possibly denoted someone who originally came from a location named Abtah in Saudi Arabia.

Adib Arabic, Persian, Bengali
From the given name Adib.

Afghani Persian, Pashto
Derived from the term "افغانی" (Afghan), which means "a person from Afghanistan" in Pashto and Persian languages.

Afrasiabi Persian
From the given name Afrasiab.

Afshar Persian
From the name of the Afshar people, a Turkic tribe residing in Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan. The name itself may mean "obedient" or perhaps "extraction, squeeze, press".

Afzali Persian
From the given name Afzal.

Agassi Armenian, Persian, Italian
The surname Agassi most likely evolved from a nickname for someone resembling a mappie, perhaps jokingly referred to as chattering or nagging person. ... [more]

Aghaei Persian
From the Persian title آقا (âqâ) meaning "sir, lord, mister".

Aghdashloo Persian
Denoted a person who came from various places named Ağdaş and Agdash in Azerbaijan, or Aqdash and Aghdash in Iran. A famous bearer is Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952-), an Iranian-American actress.

Aghili Persian
From the given name Aghil.

Ahadi Persian
From the given name Ahad.

Ahmadian Persian
From the given name Ahmad.

Ahmadinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Ahmad" in Persian. This surname is borne by former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-).

Ahmadpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian احمدپور (see Ahmadpour).

Ahmadpour Persian
Means "son of Ahmad" in Persian.

Ahmadreza Persian (Arabized)

Ahmadzadeh Persian
Means "born of Ahmad" in Persian.

Ahmedi Persian
Alternate transcription of Ahmadi.

Ajami Arabic, Persian
Variant of Ajam.

Akbar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Akbar.

Akbarian Persian
From the given name Akbar.

Akbarpour Persian
Means "son of Akbar" in Persian.

Akbarzadeh Persian
From the given name Akbar combined with the Persian suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".

Akhavan Persian
Derived from Arabic إخوان (ikhwan) meaning "brothers, brethren", the plural of أخ (akh) meaning "brother".

Akhlaghi Persian
From Persian اخلاق (akhlagh) meaning "morals, ethics, virtues" (of Arabic origin).

Akhter Persian, Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Akhtar.

Alaee Persian
Derived from the word "Ala," which means "exalted" or "noble."

Alam Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
Means "world, universe" (عالم) or "flag, sign, mark" (علم) in Arabic. This spelling represents two separate words in Arabic.

Alavi Persian
From the given name Ali 1.

Alborz Persian
From the given name Alborz.

Alipoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian علیپور (see Alipour).

Alipour Persian
Means "descendant of Ali 1" in Persian.

Alirezaei Persian
From the given name Alireza.

Alizade Persian, Azerbaijani
Persian alternate transcription of Alizadeh as well as an Azerbaijani alternate transcription of Əlizadə.

Alizadeh Persian
From the given name Ali 1 combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

al-Logari Pashto, Persian
Denoted a person from Logar, one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan.

Almas Persian, Arabic
From the given name Almas.

Almasi Persian
Derived from Persian الماس (almas) meaning "diamond".

Amadi Persian, Romanian, Italian, Maltese
Variant of Ahmadi common in Romania and Italy. It is typical of Malta.

Amanpour Persian
Means "son of Aman".

Amin Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Amin.

Amini Persian, Arabic
From the given name Amin.

Aminpour Persian
Means "son of Amin".

Aminzadeh Persian
From the given name Amin combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Amirian Persian
From the given name Amir 1.

Amirmokri Persian (Rare)

Amirpour Persian
Means "son of Amir 1".

Amirzadeh Persian
Means "born of Amir 1".

Amjadi Persian
From the given name Amjad.

Amoozegar Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian آموزگار (see Amouzgar).

Amoozgar Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian آموزگار (see Amouzgar).

Amouzegar Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian آموزگار‎ (see Amouzgar).

Amouzgar Persian
Means "teacher" in Persian.

Andalib Persian, Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Andalib.

Ansari Arabic, Persian, Urdu
From the given name Ansar.

Anvari Persian
From the given name Anwar.

Arabi Arabic, Persian
Means "Arab" in Arabic and Persian.

Arbab Persian, Urdu
Means "lord, master" in Persian.

Arbabi Persian
Derived from Persian ارباب (arbab) meaning "lord, master".

Ardehi Persian, Kurdish, Old Persian
House Ardehis of Zagors or Ardahvans (Persian: اردهیان) were one of the Persian Sassanid royal families, who occupied the Mounts of Zagros before the Islamic conquest of Persia in 650 CE. Ardahvans in Shahnameh and Persian mythology are mentioned to be the first settlers of Zagros mountains, and the constructors of Forts Of Zagros.

Aref Persian
From the given name Aref

Arefi Persian
From the given name Aref.

Arjmand Persian
Means "precious, valuable, honourable, esteemed" in Persian.

Arsalan Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Arsalan.

Asadi Persian
From the given name Asad.

Asadpour Persian
Means "son of Asad".

Asadzadeh Persian
Means "born of Asad".

Asari Persian, Arabic
Derived from the given name Asar.

Asgari Persian
From the given name Asgar.

Asghar Arabic, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Asghar.

Asghari Persian
From the given name Asghar.

Asgharpour Persian
Means "son of Asghar".

Asgharzadeh Persian
Means "born of Asghar".

Ashrafi Persian, Bengali
From the given name Ashraf.

Ashtiani Persian
Possibly related to the Iranian city or county of Ashtian.

Aslani Persian
From the given name Aslan.

Ataollahi Persian
From the given name Ataollah.

Atef Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Atif.

Atefi Persian
From the given name Atef.

Ayari Arabic (Maghrebi), Persian
Derived from Arabic عَيَّار (ʿayyār) or Persian عیار (ayyâr) meaning "vagabond, loafer, idler" (chiefly Tunisian).

Ayoubi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Ayyub.

Ayubi Persian, Pashto, Urdu
Variant transcription of Ayoubi.

Azad Bengali, Persian, Urdu
From the given name Azad.

Azadi Persian
From the given name Azad.

Azadpour Persian
Means "son of Azad".

Azami Persian
From the given name Azam.

Azari Persian
Means "Azeri, Azerbaijani" in Persian.

Azer Persian
Azer or temple fire from the Zoroastrian period in ancient Persia,as a surname relates the individual to the fire maintainers at the Zoroastrian temples

Azimi Persian
From the given name Azim.

Azizi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Aziz.

Azizian Persian
From the given name Aziz.

Azizpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian عزیزپور (see Azizpour).

Azizpour Persian
Means "son of Aziz" in Persian.

Azizzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Aziz" in Persian.

Azmoun Persian
Means "test exam" in Persian.

Azziz Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Aziz.

Babaei Persian, Iranian

Bagherian Persian
From the given name Bagher.

Bagherpour Persian
Means "son of Bagher" in Persian.

Bagherzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Bagher" in Persian.

Bahadori Persian
From the given name Bahador.

Bahrami Persian
From the given name Bahram.

Bahrampour Persian
Means "son of Bahram".

Bahramzadeh Persian
Means "born of Bahram".

Bahri Arabic, Persian
From the given name Bahri.

Baig Indian (Muslim), Bengali, Assamese, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi, Turkish, Arabic
Derived from the Ottoman Turkish title بك (beg) (modern Turkish bey) meaning "ruler, chief, lord, master". It is especially common in Pakistan and the Maghreb.

Bakhtiar Persian, Urdu
From the given name Bakhtiar.

Bakhtiari Persian
From the given name Bakhtiar, also used to refer to a member of the Bakhtiari tribe from southwestern Iran.

Banai Iranian, Persian
Derived from the Hindu goddess Banai, the second wife of Khandoba.

Baran Persian, Turkish, Kurdish, Azerbaijani
From the given name Baran.

Barzegar Persian
Means "farmer" in Persian.

Barzegari Persian
Derived from Persian برزگر (barzegar) meaning "farmer".

Basir Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Basir.

Baz Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Pashto
Derived from the given name Baz.

Bazargan Persian
Means "merchant, trader" in Persian.

Beheshti Persian
From Persian بهشت (behesht) meaning "paradise, heaven".

Behrouzi Persian
From the given name Behrouz.

Behzadi Persian
From the given name Behzad.

Behzadpour Persian
Means "son of Behzad".

Beiranvand Persian

Benyamin Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Bengali
From the given name Benyamin.

Bokharai Persian, Kurdish, Balochi

Boniadi Persian (Rare)
Probably indicated a person from the Iranian village of Boniad, possibly derived from Persian بنیاد (bonyad) meaning "foundation, base". A notable bearer is Iranian-English actress Nazanin Boniadi (1980-).

Boostani Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian بوستانی (see Bostani).

Borhani Persian
From the given name Borhan.

Boroumand Persian
Means "exuberant, fertile, fruitful" in Persian.

Bostani Persian
Derived from Persian بوستان (bostan) meaning "garden".

Cawas Indian (Parsi), Persian, Indian, Arabic
Cawas is an Indian (Parsi) surname which means “Arch” in Persian and ultimately Arabic. John Cawas of Toofani Tarzan fame was a notable person with that surname.

Chamanara Persian
Occupational name for a gardener, derived from Persian چمن (chaman) meaning "lawn, meadow" and آرا (ara) meaning "arrange, decorate".

Dabbagh Arabic, Persian
Means "tanner, currier" in Arabic.

Dabbaghi Persian
Variant of Dabbagh.

Dadashi Persian
Derived from Persian داداش (dadash) meaning "brother".

Dadgar Persian
Means "just, fair" in Persian.

Danesh Persian
Means "knowledge, learning" in Persian.

Danyal Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Turkish
From the given name Danyal.

Daramad Persian
Daramad is a surname Iranian... [more]

Darvish Persian
From a title denoting a Sufi ascetic, derived from the Persian word درویش (darviš) meaning "poor, needy".

Dastur Persian, Indian, Urdu, Indian (Parsi)
A Parsi surname.

Davari Persian
Derived from Persian داور (davar) meaning "judge, arbiter".

Davoodi Persian
From the given name Davood.

Davoudi Persian
From the given name Davoud.

Davud Persian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian
From the given name Davud.

Dehghan Persian
Means "farmer, peasant" in Persian.

Dehghani Persian
Derived from Persian دهقان (dehqân) meaning "farmer, peasant".

Derakhshan Persian
Means "bright, brilliant" in Persian.

Ebadi Persian
Derived from Arabic عِبَاد (ʿibād), the plural of عَبْد (ʿabd) meaning “servant, slave”.

Ebrahim Arabic, Persian, Filipino, Maguindanao
From the given name Ibrahim.

Ebrahimian Persian
From the given name Ebrahim.

Ebrahimpour Persian
Means "son of Ebrahim".

Ebrahimzadeh Persian
From the given name Ebrahim combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Ebtehaj Persian
Derived from Arabic ابتهاج (ibtihāj) meaning "joy, delight".

Eftekhari Persian
This Persian surname means "honorary".

Ehsani Persian
From the given name Ehsan.

Ehsanpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian احسان‌پور (see Ehsanpour).

Ehsanpour Persian
Means "son of Ehsan".

Ehsanzadeh Persian
Means "born of Ehsan".

Elahi Urdu, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Ilahi.

Eliasi Persian
From the given name Elias.

Emadi Persian
From the given name Emad.

Emami Persian
From Persian امام (emam) meaning "imam, leader", of Arabic origin.

Enayati Persian
From the given name Enayat.

Eory Persian, German (Austrian)

Erfani Persian
From the given name Erfan.

Esfahani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Isfahan in Iran, ultimately from Old Persian spādānām meaning "(of) the armies".

Esfandiari Persian
From the given name Esfandiar.

Eshaghi Persian
From the given name Eshagh.

Eshaq Persian
From the given name Eshaq.

Eskandar Persian, Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Eskandar.

Eskandari Persian
From the given name Eskandar.

Eskander Persian, Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Eskandar.

Eslami Persian
From the given name Islam.

Esmaeili Persian
From the given name Esmaeil.

Esmaeilpour Persian
Means "son of Esmaeil" in Persian.

Esmaeilzadeh Persian
From the given name Esmaeil combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Esmail Arabic, Persian, Filipino, Maguindanao, Maranao
From the given name Ismail.

Esmaili Persian
From the given name Ismail.

Etemad Persian
From the given name Etemad.

Etemadi Persian
From the given name Etemad.

Ezzati Persian
From the given name Ezzat.

Fallah Persian
Derived from Arabic فلاح (fallah) meaning "farmer, peasant".

Fallahi Persian
Derived from Arabic فلاح (fallah) meaning "farmer, peasant".

Farahani Persian
Indicated a person from the county of Farahan in Markazi province, Iran, of unknown meaning.

Farahi Persian
From the given name Farah.

Farahmand Persian
Means "glorious, magnificent" in Persian.

Faramarzi Persian
From the given name Faramarz.

Faraz Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Faraz.

Farhad Bengali, Persian
From the given name Farhad.

Farhadi Persian
From the given name Farhad.

Farhadpour Persian
Means "son of Farhad".

Farhadzadeh Persian
Means "born of Farhad".

Farhangi Persian
From the given name Farhang.

Farhani Persian
From the given name Farhan.

Farid Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Farid.

Farmani Persian
From Persian فرمان (farman) meaning "decree, command, order".

Farnam Persian
From the given name Farnam.

Farrokhi Persian
From the given name Farrokh.

Farrokhpour Persian
Means "son of Farrokh".

Farzaneh Persian
From Persian فرزانه (farzâne) meaning "wise, learned".

Fatehi Persian
From the given name Fateh.

Fatemi Persian
From the given name Fatemeh, denoting descent or association with the Prophet Muhammad's daughter.

Fathi Arabic, Persian
From the given name Fathi.

Fathipour Persian
Means "son of Fathi".

Fathizadeh Persian
Means "born of Fathi".

Fattahi Persian
From the given name Fattah.

Fayyaz Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Fayaz.

Fazal Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Fazal.

Fazeli Persian
From the given name Fazel.

Fazli Persian
From the given name Fazl.

Fereydouni Persian
From the given name Fereydoun.

Firouzi Persian
From the given name Firouz.

Foroughi Persian
From Persian فروغ (forough) meaning "brightness, lustre".

Ganjoo Indian, Urdu, Persian
Ganjoo is a surname from Kashmiri Pandit clan . The original name was Ganwar, meaning Person in charge of Treasury in Kings court. This name gradually changed to Ganjoo or Ganju.

Ghaderi Persian
From the given name Ghader.

Ghaderzadeh Persian
Means "born of Ghader" in Persian.

Ghaffari Persian
From the given name Ghaffar.

Ghafouri Persian
From the given name Ghafour.

Ghahramani Persian
Derived from Persian قهرمان (qahraman) meaning "hero, champion".

Gharagozlou Persian
Meaning "black eye".

Gharibi Persian
Derived from Persian غریب (gharib) meaning "strange, rare, foreign".

Ghasemian Persian
From the given name Ghasem.

Ghasempoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian قاسم‌پور (see Ghasempour).

Ghasempour Persian
Means "son of Ghasem".

Ghasemzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Ghasem" in Persian.

Ghassemi Persian
Alternate transcription of Ghasemi.

Ghazi Persian
Persian form of Qazi.

Ghengat Urdu, Persian
Ghengat is clan of mewati muslim rajpoot Pakistan ... [more]

Ghermezian Iranian, Jewish, Persian
The surname’s most notable bearers are the Ghermezian Family, Iranian Canadians of Jewish descent.

Ghodsi Persian
Means "celestial, holy, sacred" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic قدسي (qudsiyy) meaning "Jerusalemite".

Gholam Persian, Arabic
Derived from the given name Gholam.

Gholamian Persian
From the given name Gholam.

Gholampour Persian
Means "son of Gholam".

Gholamzadeh Persian
Means "born of Gholam".

Ghorbanian Persian
From the given name Ghorban.

Ghorbanpour Persian
Means "son of Ghorban".

Ghorbanzadeh Persian
Means "born of Ghorban".

Gilani Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Pashto
Originally indicated a person from the Gilan province in Iran, or the Gelani tribe mentioned in ancient records.

Gillani Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Pashto
Alternate transcription of Arabic جيلاني or Persian, Urdu گیلانی (see Gilani).

Gohar Persian, Urdu, Pashto
From the given name Gohar.

Goodarzi Persian
From the given name Goodarz.

Goudarzi Persian
From the given name Goudarz.

Gul Pakistani, Pashto, Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi, Urdu, Persian
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower" or "rose".

Guli Uzbek, Kurdish, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Albanian, Bosnian
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower" or "rose". It is sometimes borne by Georgians and Armenians of Persian descent.

Gulshanyar Afghan (Rare), Persian (Rare)

Habibi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Habib.

Habibzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Habib" in Persian.

Haddad Arabic, Persian
Means "blacksmith, ironsmith" in Arabic.

Haddadi Arabic (Maghrebi), Persian
Variant of Haddad.

Hadi Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Hadi.

Hadipour Persian
Means "son of Hadi" in Persian.

Hafezi Persian
From the given name Hafez.

Haghighi Persian
Means "real, actual, true" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic حقيقي (ḥaqīqiyy).

Hajian Persian
From Persian حاجی (haji) meaning "hajji" (of Arabic origin), referring to a person who has participated in the حج (hajj), the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that Muslims must undertake at least once in their lifetimes.

Hajipour Persian
Means "born of Haji".

Hajipour Persian
Means "son of Haji".

Hajizadeh Persian
Means "son of the pilgrim" from Arabic حَاجِيّ‎ (ḥājiyy) meaning "pilgrim" and the Persian suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".

Hakimi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hakim

Hamadani Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian همدانی (see Hamedani).

Hamedani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Hamedan (or Hamadan) in Iran, from the Old Persian name Hagmatāna meaning "(place of) gathering".

Hamedi Persian
From the given name Hamed.

Hamidi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Hamid 1.

Hamidpour Persian
Means "son of Hamid 1".

Hamidzadeh Persian
Means "born of Hamid 1".

Hanifnejad Persian
Means "descendant of Hanif" in Persian.

Hasan Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Hasan.

Hasani Persian, Albanian, Kosovar
From the given name Hasan.

Hasanzadeh Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian حسن‌زاده (see Hassanzadeh).

Hashemian Persian
From the given name Hashem.

Hashempour Persian
Means "son of Hashem".

Hashemzadeh Persian
Means "born of Hashem".

Hassani Persian, Arabic, Swahili
From the given name Hassan.