Persian Submitted Surnames

Abdollahi عبداللهی Persian
From the given name Abdollah.

Abdul عبدالله Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Bengali, Punjabi
From Arabic عبد ال (abdul) meaning "servant of the", commonly used as a prefix for given names (such as عبد العزيز ('Abd al-'Aziz) meaning "servant of the powerful").

Abdullahi عبداللهی Persian, Arabic, Somali, Nigerian, Eastern African
From the given name Abdullah or Abdullahi.

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

Afghanzada افغانزاده Persian, Afghani
Means "son of the Afghan", from Pashto and Persian افغان‎‎ (afǧân) referring to an inhabitant of Afghanistan or a member of the Pashtun ethnic group combined with the Persian suffix زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".

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

Aghili عقیلی‎ Persian
From the given name Aghil.

Ahmadi احمدی Persian
From the given name Ahmad.

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

Ahmadzadeh احمدزاده Persian
From the given name Ahmad combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Ahmedi احمدی Persian
Alternate transcription of Ahmadi.

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

Akbari اکبری Persian
From the given name Akbar.

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

Akhter اختر Persian, Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Akhtar.

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

Alavi علوی Persian
From the given name Ali 1.

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

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

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

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

Almas الماس Persian, Arabic
From the given name Almas.

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

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

Amini امینی Persian, Arabic
From the given name Amin.

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

Amiri امیری Persian, Arabic
From the given name Amir 1.

Amirmokri Persian (Rare)

Amouzgar آموزگار Persian
Means "teacher" in Persian.

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

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

Anvari انوری Persian
From the given name Anwar.

Anwari انوری Dari Persian
From the given name Anwar.

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

Ardehi Persian, Kurdish, Ancient 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 عارف Persian
From the given name Aref

Asadi اسدی Persian
From the given name Asad.

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

Asghari اصغری Persian
From the given name Asghar.

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

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

Ayoubi ایوبی Persian, Arabic
From the given name Ayyub.

Ayubi ایوبی Persian, Pashto, Urdu
Variant transcription of Ayoubi.

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

Azadi آزادی Persian
From the given name Azad.

Azadpour آزادپور Persian
Means "son of Azad".

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

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

Azmoun ازمون Persian
Means "test exam" in Persian.

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

Babaei بابایی‎, بابائی‎ Persian, Iranian

Bahrami بهرامی Persian
From the given name Bahram.

Baig بیگ 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 بختيار Persian, Urdu, Indonesian, Malay, Bengali
From the given name Bakhtiar.

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

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

Barzegar برزگر Persian
Means "farmer" in Persian.

Bazargan بازرگان Persian
Means "merchant, trader" in Persian.

Behzadi بهزادی Persian
From the given name Behzad.

Beiranvand بیرانوند Persian

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

Bokharai بخارایی Persian, Kurdish, Balochi

Boniadi بنیادی‎‎ 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-).

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

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

Danial دانیال Arabic, Persian, Malay, Indonesian, Maguindanao
From the given name Danyal.

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

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

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

Davoodi داوودی Persian
From the given name Davood.

Davoudi داوودی Persian
From the given name Davoud.

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

Dehghan دهقان Persian
Means "farmer, peasant" in Persian.

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

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

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

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

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

Esfandiari اسفندیاری Persian
From the given name Esfandiar.

Eshaq اسحاق Persian
From the given name Eshaq.

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

Eskandari اسکندری Persian
From the given name Eskandar.

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

Eslami اسلامی Persian
From the given name Islam.

Esmaeili اسماعیلی Persian
From the given name Esmaeil.

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

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

Esmaili اسماعیلی Persian
From the given name Ismail.

Faramarzi فرامرزی Persian
From the given name Faramarz.

Farhadi فرهادی Persian
From the given name Farhad.

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

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

Fathi فتحی Arabic, Persian
From the given name Fathi.

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 قادری Persian
From the given name Ghader.

Gharagozlou Persian
Meaning "black eye".

Ghasemi قاسمی Persian
From the given name Ghasem.

Ghassemi قاسمی‎‎ Persian
Alternate transcription of Ghasemi.

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

Gholami غلامی Persian
From the given name Gholam.

Ghorbani قربانی Persian
Derived from Arabic قُرْبَان (qurbān) meaning "sacrifice", referring to the Islamic practise Qurbani of slaughtering a livestock animal for Eid al-Adha.

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

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

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

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

Guli گلی 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 گلشنیار Afghani (Rare), Persian (Rare)

Gulshanyar گلشنیار Dari Persian (Rare)
Gulshanyar meaning “flower garden” in Persian which originated in Afghanistan.

Habibi حبیبی Persian, Arabic
From the given name Habib.

Haddad حداد Arabic, Persian
Means "blacksmith, ironsmith" in Arabic, ultimately from Syriac ܚܕܕܐ (hadado).

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

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

Hamidi حمیدی Persian, Arabic
From the given name Hamid 1.

Hanifnejad حنیف نژاد Persian
Means "descendant of Hanif" in Persian.

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

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

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

Hassanzadeh حسن‌زاده Persian
From the given name Hasan combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Hayat حیات Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Turkish
From the given name Hayat.

Heidari حیدری Persian
Alternate transcription of Heydari.

Heider حیدر Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, Bengali, Arabic
From the given name Haidar.

Hejazi حجازی Persian
Persian form of Hijazi.

Heydari حیدری Persian
From the given name Heydar.

Hosseini حسینی‎‎ Persian
From the given name Hossein.

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

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

Hussaini حسینی Persian, Afghani, Urdu, Arabic
From the given name Hussain.

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

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

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

Imani ایمانی‎‎ Persian
From the given name Iman.

Iran ایران Persian
A name for someone from Iran

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

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

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

Jafar جعفر Arabic, Persian
From the given name Jafar

Jafari جعفری Persian
From the given name Jafar.

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

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

Jahanbakhsh جهانبخش Persian
Derived from the given name Jahan.

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

Jahangiri جهانگیری Persian
From the given name Jahangir.

Jahani جهانی Persian
From the given name Jahan.

Jalali جلالی Persian, Urdu
From the given name Jalal.

Jalil جليل Arabic, Persian
From the given name Jalil

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

Jamshed جمشید Persian, Tajik
From the given name Jamshed.

Javed جاود Persian, Urdu
From the given name Javed.

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

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

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".

Kashani کاشانی‎ Persian

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

Khalili خلیلی Persian, Arabic
From the given name Khalil.

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

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

Khosravi خسروی Persian
From the given name Khusraw.

Khurshid خورشید Persian, Urdu
From the given name Khurshid

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

Lela Kiswahli, Arabic, Persian
NOT A SURNAME!... [more]

Mahdi مهدی Arabic, Persian
From the given name Mahdi.

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

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

Mahmoudinejad محمودی نژاد Persian
Means "descendant of Mahmoud" in Persian.

Malek ملک Arabic, Persian, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Malik.

Maleki ملکی Persian
From the given name Malek.

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

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

Masood مسعود Arabic, Persian
From the given name Mas'ud

Mehrabi مهرابی Persian
From the given name Mehrab.

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

Mirzaee میرزایی Persian
Variant transcription of Mirzaei.

Mirzaei میرزایی Persian
From the given name Mirza.

Mohammadi محمدی‎‎ Persian
From the given name Mohammad.

Mohammadinejad محمدی نژاد Persian
Means "descendant of Mohammad" in Persian.

Mohammadpour محمدپور Persian
Means "descendant of Mohammad" in Persian.

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

Mohammadzada محمدزاده Dari Persian
Dari form of Mohammadzadeh.

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

Mohseni محمدآصف Persian
From the given name Mohsen.

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

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

Moosavi موسوی Persian
Variant transcription of Mousavi.

Moradi مرادی Persian
From the given name Morad.

Moradian مرادیان Persian
From the given name Morad.

Mortazavi مرتضوی Persian
From the given name Mortaza.

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

Mostafavi مصطفوی Persian
From the given name Mostafa.

Mousavi موسوی Persian
From the given name Musa.

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

Nabizada نبیزاده Dari Persian
Dari form of Nabizadeh.

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

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

Naveed نوید Persian, Arabic
From the given name Navid.

Navid نوید Persian, Arabic
From the given name Navid.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nouri نوری Arabic, Persian
From the given name Nur.

Oshagh Persian

Ovissipour Persian

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

Parsi پارسی 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 پروین Persian, Bengali
Means "the Pleiades" in Persian.

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

Pedrad پدراد Persian, Gilaki, Kurdish, Mazanderani, Luri

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

Rahimi رحیمی‎‎ Persian
From the given name Rahim.

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

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

Ramadani رمضاني Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Variant of Ramadan.

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

Ramazan رمازاني Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Variant of Ramadan.

Ramdan Persian, Urdu
Variant of Ramazani.

Ramezani رمضانی Persian
From the given name Ramezan.

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

Rashidi راشیدی, رشیدی Persian, Arabic
From the given name Rashid.

Rasoul رسول Persian
From the given name Rasoul.

Rasouli رسولی Persian
From the given name Rasoul.

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

Rezaei رضایی Persian
From the given name Reza.

Rezai رضایی Persian
Variant transcription of Rezaei.

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

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

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

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

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

Royintan رویین تن 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]

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

Sadeghi صادقی‎‎ Persian
From the given name Sadegh.

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

Saeed سعید Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Dhivehi
Alternate transcription of Sa'id.

Saeedi سعیدی Persian, Urdu
From the given name Saeed.

Saeidzadeh سعیدزاده Persian
From the given name Saeid combined with the Persian suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".

Safa صفا Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Urdu
From the given names Safaa or Safaa'.

Salehi صالحی Persian
Derived from the given name Saleh.

Salimi سلیمی Persian, Arabic
From the given name Salim.

Samadi صمدی Persian, Arabic
From the given name Samad.

Sattari ستاری Persian
From Persian ستار (setâr) meaning "star" (see Setareh or Sitara).

Sediqi صدیقی‎‎ Persian
Persian form of Siddiqui.

Seif سیف Arabic, Persian
From the given name Saif.

Shahbazi شهبازی Persian
From the given name Shahbaz.

Shahini شاهینی Persian, Albanian
From the given name Shahin or from one of the multiple places in Iran named Shahini.

Shahriar شهریار Persian
From the given name Shahriar.

Shahriari شهریاری Persian
From the given name Shahriyar.

Shakeri شاکری Persian
From the given name Shaker.

Shakib Persian
The Last name "Shakib" Originates from Iran.

Siddiqi صدیقی‎ Persian, Urdu, Sindhi, Balochi, Bengali
Variant transcription of Siddiqui.

Sidiqi صدیقی Pashto, Persian, Afghani
Means "the veracious" from Arabic صَدَقَ (ṣadaqa) meaning "to be truthful, to be sincere". It is also a variant of Persian Sadeghi.

Sikandar سیکندر Persian, Urdu, Pashto
From the given name Sikandar.

Sikander Persian
Sikander ultimately comes from Persian literature by the Shahnameh. It is a variant of Alexander along with the word “Eskander”. Both words are used in Persian literature to refer to Alexander the Great... [more]

Sohrabi سهرابی Persian
From the given name Sohrab.

Soleimani سلیمانی‎‎ Persian
From the given name Soleiman.

Soltani سلطانی Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Sultan.

Tabatabaei طباطبایی Persian
From the name of Ibrahim Tabataba ibn Ismail, a descendant of Ali. He was supposedly given the name because he pronounced the Persian word قبا (qaba) (meaning "garment, cloak") as طبا (taba).

Tabatabai طباطبایی Persian
Variant of Tabatabaei

Taghizadeh تقی‌زاده Persian
From the given name Taghi combibned with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Taheri طاهری Persian
From the given name Taher.

Tahiri طاهری Arabic (Maghrebi), Albanian, Persian
From the given name Tahir.

Tahmasebi طهماسبی Persian
From the given name Tahmasp.

Teimouri تیموری Persian
From the given name Teimour (see Timur).

Teymouri تیموری Persian
From the given name Teymour.

Varasteh وارسته Persian

Yousefi یوسفی Persian
From the given name Yousef.

Yusef یوسف Persian, Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Zadeh زاده‎‎ Persian
From Persian زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring (of)", also often used as a suffix for patronymic-based Persian surnames.

Zafar ظفر Urdu, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Zafar.

Zahedi زاهدی Persian
From the given name Zahid.

Zahir ظاهر Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Bengali
From the given name Zahir.

Zahiri ظهیری Persian, Arabic
From the given name Zahir.

Zahra زهرا Maltese, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Zahra.

Zamani زمانی Persian
From the given name Zaman.

Zarafshan زرافشان‎ Persian
Means "spreader of gold" in Persian, from زر (zar) meaning "gold" and افشان (afshan) meaning "spreader, scatterer".

Zargari زرگری‎‎ Persian
Derived from Persian زرگر‎‎ (zargar) meaning "goldsmith", ultimately from زر (zar) "gold".