Persian Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the language is Persian.

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

Hooshmand Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian هوشمند (see Houshmand).

Hooshmandi Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian هوشمندای (see Houshmandi).

Hosein Persian, Trinidadian Creole
Derived from the given name Hosein.

Hossein Persian, Bengali
From the given name Hossein.

Hosseinian Persian
From the given name Hossein.

Hosseinpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian حسینپور (see Hosseinpour).

Hosseinpour Persian
Means "son of Hossein" in Persian.

Hosseinzadeh Persian
From the given name Hossein combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Houshmand Persian
From the given name Houshmand.

Houshmandi Persian
From the given name Houshmand.

Husaini Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali, Hausa
From the given name Husayn.

Hussaini Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic
From the given name Hussain.

Husseini Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Husayn.

Imam Arabic, Bengali, Persian, Urdu
From Arabic إِمَام (ʾimām) meaning "leader, guide", used to denote a Muslim leader.

Iman Arabic, Urdu, Somali, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Iman.

Imani Persian
From the given name Iman.

Iran Persian
A name for someone from Iran

Irani Persian
Means "Iranian" in Persian. It is also commonly used within a Zoroastrian community in India with the same name.

Islami Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Islam.

Ismaili Arabic, Albanian, Persian
From the given name Ismail.

Izadi Persian
Derived from Persian ایزد (izad) meaning "god, angel".

Jabbari Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Jabari.

Jaberi Persian
From the given name Jaber.

Jafar Arabic, Persian
From the given name Jafar

Jafarian Persian
From the given name Jafar.

Jafarpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian جعفرپور (see Jafarpour).

Jafarpour Persian
Means "son of Jafar" in Persian.

Jafarzadeh Persian
From the given name Jafar combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Jahan Bengali, Urdu, Persian, Indian, Hindi
From the given name Jahan.

Jahanbakhsh Persian
Derived from the given name Jahan.

Jahangir Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Jahangir.

Jahangiri Persian
From the given name Jahangir.

Jahangirzadeh Persian
Means "born of Jahangir".

Jahani Persian
From the given name Jahan.

Jalali Persian, Urdu
From the given name Jalal.

Jalil Arabic, Persian
From the given name Jalil

Jalili Persian
From the given name Jalil.

Jalilian Persian
From the given name Jalil.

Jalilpour Persian
Means "son of Jalil".

Jalilzadeh Persian
Means "born of Jalil".

Jamal Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
Derived from the given name Jamal.

Jamali Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi), Urdu
From the given name Jamal.

Jamshed Persian, Tajik
From the given name Jamshed.

Javadpour Persian
Means "son of Javad".

Javadzadeh Persian
Means "born of Javad".

Javaheri Persian
Occupational name for a jeweller from Persian جواهر (javaher) meaning "jewel".

Javed Persian, Urdu
From the given name Javed.

Javid Persian, Urdu
Derived from the given name Javed.

Jazayeri Persian
Derived from Persian جزایر (jazâyir) meaning "islands", of Arabic origin.

Kabiri Persian
From the Arabic كَبِير (kabīr) meaning "big, large, great".

Kalantari Persian
Derived from Persian کلانتر (kalantar) meaning "sheriff, marshal".

Kamali Persian
From the given name Kamal 1.

Kamaliazad Pakistani, Persian
It's derived from the words Kamali meaning "Ascetic's blanket" & aazaad meaning "free or independent", or even kamaal-i-aazaad meaning "perfection of the free, or independent".

Kamran Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Kamran.

Kamrani Persian
From the given name Kamran.

Karam Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Karam.

Karami Persian
From the given name Karam.

Kargar Persian
Means "worker, labourer" in Persian.

Karimian Persian
From the given name Karim.

Karimpour Persian
Means "son of Karim".

Karimzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Karim" in Persian.

Kashani Persian

Kashani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Kashan in Isfahan province, Iran. The name may be derived from the Kasian, the original inhabitants of the area.

Kazem Arabic, Persian
Possibly means "one who controls his anger and doesn't act on it"

Kazemi Persian
From the given name Kazem.

Kazempour Persian
Means "son of Kazem".

Kazemzadeh Persian
Means "born of Kazem".

Kermani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Kerman in Iran, derived from Middle Persian klmʾn of uncertain meaning.

Keshavarz Persian
Means "farmer" in Persian.

Keshavarzi Persian
Means "farmer" in Persian.

Khalaji Persian
From the name of the Khalaj people who primarily reside in Iran. The name itself is said to be derived from Turkic kal aç meaning "stay hungry".

Khaleghi Persian
Derived from Persian خالق (khaleq) meaning "creator (an epithet for God)".

Khalili Persian, Arabic
From the given name Khalil.

Khalilzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Khalil" in Persian.

Khamenei Persian
Originally denoted someone who came from the village of Khamaneh, located in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran. A famous bearer is Ali Khamenei (1939-), a former president and the current Supreme Leader of Iran.

Khansari Persian
Actual meaning is unknown; originated in the Iranian tribe the Kurds.

Kharban Arabic, Persian

Khaton Indian, Hindi, Assamese, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Pashto, Odia, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Khatun.

Khodayari Persian
From the given name Khodayar.

Khomeini Persian
Originally indicated a person who came from the city of Khomeyn in the Markazi province of Iran. A notable bearer of this surname was the Islamic revolutionary, politician and religious leader Ruhollah Khomeini (1900 or 1902-1989), who founded the Islamic Republic of Iran following the Iranian Revolution in 1979... [more]

Khorsandi Persian
Derived from Persian خرسند (khorsand) meaning "happy, content, satisfied".

Khosravi Persian
From the given name Khusraw.

Khurshid Persian, Urdu
From the given name Khurshid

Koshkaki Persian
Means “having a small or pointed nose.”

Kouroshi Persian
From the given name Kourosh.

Kowsari Persian
"Kowsar" refers to a river or stream in paradise, which is mentioned in the Quran. Another interpretation is that it means "abundant" or "overflowing."

Kul Pakistani, Pashto, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Sindhi, Balochi, Urdu, Persian, Kurdish, Odia, Thai, Khmer, Lao
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower" or "rose".

Larian Persian

Latifi Persian, Albanian
From the given name Latif.

Loghmani Persian
From the given name Loghman.

Lopa Persian, Russian, English

Lotfi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Lotfi.

Lotfinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Lotfi".

Madadi Persian
Derived from Persian مدد (madad) meaning "help, aid, assistance".

Maghsoudi Persian
From the given name Maghsoud.

Mahdavi Persian
From the given name Mahdi.

Mahdi Arabic, Persian
From the given name Mahdi.

Mahdipoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مهدی‌پور (see Mahdipour).

Mahdipour Persian
Means "son of Mahdi".

Mahdizadeh Persian
From the given name Mahdi combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Mahmoudi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mahmoud.

Mahmoudian Persian
From the given name Mahmoud.

Mahmoudinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Mahmoud" in Persian.

Mahmoudzadeh Persian
Means "born of Mahmoud".

Majedi Persian
From the given name Majed.

Majidi Persian
From the given name Majid.

Majidzadeh Persian
Means "born of Majid".

Malek Arabic, Persian, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Malik.

Maleki Persian
From the given name Malek.

Malekpour Persian
Means "son of Malek" in Persian.

Mallahi Persian
From Persian ملاح (mallah) meaning "sailor", ultimately of Arabic origin.

Manouchehri Persian
From the given name Manuchehr.

Mansouri Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mansur.

Mansourzadeh Persian
Means "born of Mansour".

Mariam Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Somali, Amharic
From the given name Maryam.

Maroufi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Marouf.

Mashhadi Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Mashhad in Iran, itself derived from Arabic مشهد (mashhad) meaning "place of martyrdom".

Masood Arabic, Persian
From the given name Mas'ud

Matin Arabic, Bengali, Persian
Derived from the given name Matin.

Mehdi Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Derived from the given name Mehdi.

Mehdipoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مهدی‌پور (see Mahdipour).

Mehdipour Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مهدی‌پور (see Mahdipour).

Mehrabani Persian
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Mehraban, located in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran.

Mehrabi Persian
From the given name Mehrab.

Mehrani Persian
From the given name Mehran.

Merage Persian
Likely from Arabic Miraj, meaning ‘ascension’. A famous bearer of the surname is the co-founder of Hot Pockets, Paul Merage.

Mirzadeh Persian
Means "prince" in Persian, derived from Arabic أمير (amir) meaning "prince, commander" combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Mirzaee Persian
Variant transcription of Mirzaei.

Mirzaei Persian
From the given name Mirza.

Mirzapour Persian
Means "son of Mirza".

Mirzazadeh Persian
Means "born of Mirza".

Moghadam Persian
Means "first, ahead, forward" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic مقدم (muqaddam).

Mohajeri Persian
Derived from Persian مهاجر (mohajer) meaning "emigrant", ultimately of Arabic origin.

Mohammadian Persian
From the given name Mohammad.

Mohammadinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Mohammad" in Persian.

Mohammadpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian محمدپور (see Mohammadpour).

Mohammadpour Persian
Means "descendant of Mohammad" in Persian.

Mohammadpourkarkaragh Persian (Rare)
From the given name Mohammad combined with Persian پور (pur) "son" and the name of the Persian village of Karkaraq.

Mohammadzadeh Persian
From the given name Mohammad combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Mohseni Persian
From the given name Mohsen.

Mohsenpour Persian
Means "son of Mohsen".

Mohsenzadeh Persian
Means "born of Mohsen".

Mojtabaei Persian
From the given name Mojtaba.

Mojtabai Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مجتبایی (see Mojtabaei).

Mokhtari Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mokhtar.

Mokhtarpour Persian
Means "son of Mokhtar".

Mokhtarzadeh Persian
Means "born of Mokhtar".

Mokri Persian
This is a Persian surname.... [more]

Mollaei Persian

Monfared Persian
Means "solitary, single" in Persian (of Arabic origin).

Moosavi Persian
Variant transcription of Mousavi.

Morad Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Morad.

Moradi Persian
From the given name Morad.

Moradian Persian
From the given name Morad.

Moradpour Persian
Means "son of Morad".

Moradzadeh Persian
Means "born of Morad".

Mortaz Persian
Mortaz is a family with Persian roots that means suffered or has suffered

Mortazavi Persian
From the given name Mortaza.

Mortezaei Persian
From the given name Morteza.

Mosa Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Sindhi, Dhivehi
From the given name Musa.

Mosaddegh Persian
Nickname derived from Persian مصدق (mosaddeğ) meaning "approved, reliable, certified, attested, verified", ultimately from Arabic مُصَدِّق (muṣaddiq). It was borne by the politician, author and lawyer Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882-1967), who was Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until his democratic government was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1953.

Moslemi Persian
From the given name Moslem.

Mostafaei Persian
From the given name Mostafa.

Mostafavi Persian
From the given name Mostafa.

Mousavian Persian
Variant of Mousavi.

Mousazadeh Persian
Means "born of Mousa".

Mridhani Persian
People from Mridhan, Gilan Province, North Iran, Iran

Naderi Persian
From the given name Nader.

Naderpour Persian
Means "son of Nader".

Naderzadeh Persian
Means "born of Nader".

Naimi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Na'im.

Najafi Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Najaf in Iraq, derived from Arabic نجف (najafa) meaning "elevated place".

Najafpour Persian
Means "son of Najaf".

Naji Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Naaji.

Namdar Persian
Means "famous, celebrated" in Persian.

Namdari Persian
Derived from Persian نامدار (namdar) meaning "famous, celebrated".

Narimani Persian
From the given name Nariman.

Nasiri Persian
From the given name Nasir.

Nasri Arabic, Persian
Derived from Arabic نَصْر (naṣr) meaning “triumph, victory”.

Nasrollahi Persian
From the given name Nasrollah.

Nasseri Persian
From the given name Nasser.

Nassiri Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Nasir.

Navabi Persian
From the given name Navab.

Naveed Persian, Arabic
From the given name Navid.

Navid Persian, Arabic
From the given name Navid.

Nazeri Persian
From Persian ناظر (nâzer) meaning "watcher, observer".

Nejad Persian
Means "lineage, race" in Persian (an archaic word), typically used as a suffix for compound surnames.

Nemati Persian
From the given name Nemat.

Nikbakht Persian
From Persian نیک (nik) meaning "good" and بخت (bakht) meaning "fortune, happiness".

Nikbin Persian
In Farsi (Persian) 'nik-' means good, and 'bin' means 'seeing'. ... [more]

Niknam Persian
From Persian نیک (nik) meaning "good" and نام (nam) meaning "name".

Nikpour Persian
From Persian نیک‌ (nik) meaning "good" and پور (pour) meaning "son, descendant".

Noor Arabic, Urdu, Somali, Bengali, Persian
Variant transcription of Nur.

Noori Persian, Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Noor 1.

Norouzi Persian
From Persian نوروز (nowruz) referring to the Iranian New Year, which is celebrated on the spring equinox.

Norouzian Persian
From the given name Norouz.

Nosrati Persian
From the given name Nosrat.

Nour Arabic, Persian, Urdu
From the given name Nur.

Nouri Arabic, Persian
From the given name Nur.

Omidi Persian
From the given name Omid.

Oshagh Persian

Ovissipour Persian

Pahlavan Persian
Means "hero, strong man" in Persian.

Pahlavi Persian
Means "hero, champion, athletic, strong man", a variant of Pahlavan. It could also refer to a person who came from Parthia, a historical region situated in present-day Iran and Turkmenistan, derived from Persian پهلو (pahlaw) meaning "Parthian, person from Parthia"... [more]

Pakdel Persian
Means "good-tempered, sincere" in Persian.

Panahi Persian
From Persian پناه (panâh) meaning "shelter, refuge, protection".

Parsa Persian
Means "pious, devout" in Persian.

Parsaee Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian پارسایی (see Parsaei).

Parsaei Persian
From the given name Parsa.

Parsapour Persian
Means "son of Parsa".

Parsi Persian, Indian (Parsi)
Derived from Persian پارسی (pârsi) literally meaning "Persian", though it also refers to the Parsi (or Parsee), a Zoroastrian community in India.

Parvin Persian, Bengali
Means "the Pleiades" in Persian.

Parvizi Persian
From the given name Parviz.

Pasdar Persian
Means "guard, sentinel, watchman" in Persian.

Pasha Urdu, Bengali, Persian, Albanian
From the high-ranking Ottoman military rank pasha of disputed origin, perhaps derived from the Persian title پادشاه (padeshah) meaning "king" or from Turkish baş meaning "head" and ağa meaning "lord, master".

Pashaei Persian
From the Ottoman title pasha, which was used by high-ranking military officers.

Pedrad Persian, Gilaki, Kurdish, Mazanderani, Luri

Pirhadi Persian
Either from Persian پیر (pir) meaning "old" combined with Hadi or from the name of the Persian village of Pirhadi.

Piri Persian
Derived from Persian پیر (pir) meaning "old, aged".

Pirzadeh Persian
Means "born of the pir", from the Persian title پیر (pir) denoting a Sufi spiritual guide (literally meaning "elder, old"). This name was traditionally used by owners or custodians of Sufi mausoleums and shrines.

Pour Persian
Means "son, descendant" in Persian, typically used as a suffix in compound surnames.

Pourali Persian
Means "son of Ali 1".

Pourhassan Persian
Means "son of Hassan".

Pourhossein Persian
Means "son of Hossein".

Pourmohammad Persian
Means "son of Mohammad".

Pourmohammadi Persian
Variant of Pourmohammad.

Qasempour Persian
Means "son of Qasem".

Qasemzadeh Persian
Means "born of Qasem".

Rabbani Urdu, Bengali, Persian
Derived from Arabic رباني (rabbani) meaning "divine", ultimately from رب (rabb) meaning "master, lord".

Rahimi Persian
From the given name Rahim.

Rahimian Persian
From the given name Rahim.

Rahimpour Persian
Means "son of Rahim".

Rahimzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Rahim" in Persian.

Rahmani Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Rahman.

Rahmanian Persian
From the given name Rahman.

Rahmati Persian
From the given name Rahmat.

Rajabi Persian
From the given name Rajab.

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

Ramadani Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Variant of Ramadan.

Ramadhan Arabic, Urdu, Somali, Persian, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Ramadan.

Ramazan Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Variant of Ramadan.

Ramdan Persian, Urdu
Variant of Ramazani.

Ramezani Persian
From the given name Ramezan.

Ramezanian Persian
From the given name Ramezan.

Ramezanpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian رمضانپور (see Ramezanpour).

Ramezanpour Persian
Means "son of Ramezan".

Ramezanzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Ramezan" in Persian.

Ranjbar Persian
Means "toiler, drudge" in Persian.

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

Rashidi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Rashid.

Rasooli Persian
From the given name Rasool.

Rasoul Persian
From the given name Rasoul.

Rasouli Persian
From the given name Rasoul.

Rastegar Persian
Means "free, liberated, saved" in Persian.

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

Razavi Persian
From the given name Reza.

Reza Persian, Bengali
From the given name Reza.

Rezaee Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian رضایی (see Rezaei).

Rezaei Persian
From the given name Reza.

Rezaeian Persian
From the given name Reza.

Rezai Persian
Variant transcription of Rezaei.

Rezapoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian رضاپور (see Rezapour).

Rezapour Persian
Means "son of Reza" in Persian.

Rezazadeh Persian
From the given name Reza combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Rezvan Persian, Russian

Riahi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic رِيَاح (riyāḥ) meaning "winds, breezes", the plural of رِيح (rīḥ) meaning "wind".

Roshan Persian, Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati
From the given name Roshan.

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

Rouhani Persian
Means "cleric, clergyman" or "clean, pure, good" in Persian.

Royintan Persian
Royintan means "invulnerable". It is a Persian origin surname, which is written as رویین تن in Persian. It consists of royen meaning "strong" and tan meaning "body, person".... [more]

Saadat Persian
Means "happiness" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic سعادة (sa'adah).

Saadatmand Persian
Means "happy, auspicious, blissful" in Persian.

Saber Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Sabir.

Saberi Persian
From the given name Saber.

Sabouri Persian
Derived from Persian صبور (sabour) meaning "patient, tolerant".

Sadeghi Persian
From the given name Sadegh.

Sadeghian Persian
From the given name Sadegh.

Sadeghpour Persian
Means "son of Sadegh" in Persian.

Sadeghzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Sadegh" in Persian.

Saed Arabic, Somali, Persian, Urdu, Sindhi, Bengali, Punjabi, Dhivehi
From the given name Sa'id.

Saeed Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Dhivehi
Alternate transcription of Said.

Saeedi Persian, Urdu
From the given name Saeed.