Tahmineh — Meaning, Origin, Pronunciation & Popularity

The meaning

A name that means "shahnameh foundational - rostam's wife + sohrab's mother".

Tahmineh is from the Persian تهمینه — possibly tahm (valiant, brave) + Persian feminine ending. A modern American baby name in the broader Persian heritage aesthetic. Tahmineh is one of the foundational heroines of the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) — Ferdowsi's monumental Persian epic poem (completed c. 1010 CE, ~50,000 couplets) — widely considered the foundational national epic of Greater Iran + one of the foundational works of world literature. Tahmineh is the foundational princess of Samangan who married the foundational hero Rostam + became mother of the foundational tragic hero Sohrab — central to the foundational Rostam and Sohrab tragedy (one of the foundational father-son tragic recognition motifs in world literature, comparable to Sophocles + Greek tragedy). Foundational subject of Persian miniature painting + modern Iranian + Tajik feminine naming.

Featured throughout Persian heritage.

Valiant (Persian). Foundational Shahnameh (Ferdowsi c. 1010 + ~50,000 couplets) + Princess Tahmineh of Samangan + Rostam's wife + Sohrab's mother + foundational Rostam and Sohrab tragic recognition motif.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

تهمینه

Transliteration: Tahmineh
Pronunciation: / tɑːˈmiː.nɛ /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Tahmineh stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Tahmineh · last year

88 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

0

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Tahminehs before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Tahmineh (Shahnameh)

Rostam's wife + Sohrab's mother.

c. 1010

Numerology

The number behind Tahmineh.

1

The Pioneer

Tahmineh reduces to one.

Parents on Tahmineh

Why families chose this name.

"Shahnameh princess. Eight letters. Tahmineh."

Soraya · Mother of one · Tehran

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