Nazila Nazila — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Nazila is from the Persian نازیلا (Nāzilā — delicate, graceful, charming, refined) — foundational from Persian nāz (grace/charm). A modern American baby name in the broader Persian-Iranian heritage aesthetic. Nazila is one of the foundational Persian feminine names — central to traditional Persian heritage. The foundational Persian nāz (grace/charm/coquetry) is foundational central to foundational Persian poetic-aesthetic heritage + foundational central trope in foundational ghazal love poetry spanning foundational Hafez + Rumi + Saadi + Khayyam + foundational nāz-o-niyāz (foundational coquetry-and-supplication) foundational classic Sufi mystical concept + foundational central to foundational pan-Persian aesthetic-feminine naming heritage spanning foundational Nazila (delicate) + Golnaz (delicate-flower) + Mahnaz (delicate-moon) + Shahrnaz (delicate-king) + Naznoosh (graceful-elixir) + Nazgol (delicate rose-flower). Notable bearer: Nazila Fathi Iranian-American journalist + foundational former New York Times Iran correspondent (1992-2009) + foundational pioneering Iranian women's journalism + foundational The Lonely War: One Woman's Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran 2014 memoir; foundational Nazila Ghanea UK-based Bahá'í professor of foundational International Human Rights Law at Oxford. Foundational Persian feminine name reflecting Persian aesthetic heritage.

Featured throughout Persian heritage.