Names from one of the great poetic traditions of the world.
Persian (Fārsi) is the language of Rumi, Hafez, Saadi, and Omar Khayyam — one of the most refined poetic traditions in human history. Persian girl names often draw from the natural world (flowers, stars, light) and from Sufi vocabulary of love and longing.
Many Persian names have travelled the Silk Road into Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, and beyond. We list each one in Persian script alongside the standard transliteration.