Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 20:58     Subject: Re:Persian girl names that work well in the US?
I know an Elnaz, nn Ellie
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 20:48     Subject: Re:Persian girl names that work well in the US?
Haleh
Sahar
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 20:45     Subject: Persian girl names that work well in the US?
Vida is so beautiful. You have so many great choices! The hard part would be narrowing it down to just one.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 20:41     Subject: Persian girl names that work well in the US?
Soraya is my favorite.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 20:41     Subject: Re:Persian girl names that work well in the US?
Asal

Mariam

Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 20:40     Subject: Persian girl names that work well in the US?
Anonymous wrote:There are tons! Boy names can be a little trickier. There are a pile of girl's names that work in both Persian as well as in English: Maryam, Roxanne, Nikki, Farrah, Laleh, Leila, Kimya, Yasmine, Shirin, Sussan (Suzanne), Haleh (Holly), Roya, Vida, Zahra. And even the Persian names that are a little less common are relatively easy to pronounce and sound nice: Azadeh, Azita, Azar, Donya, Bahar, Farnaz, Firoozeh, Nazanin, Soraya, Tahereh, ... I could go on.


Liking the bolded ones.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 20:37     Subject: Persian girl names that work well in the US?
I love Nazanin! It’s such a pretty name, if I had any connection to the culture no matter how remote, I would have used it.

Leila is great too.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 20:36     Subject: Persian girl names that work well in the US?
Sara
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 20:36     Subject: Persian girl names that work well in the US?
Seconding Zahra.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 20:36     Subject: Persian girl names that work well in the US?
Maryam
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 20:34     Subject: Persian girl names that work well in the US?
Heyfa
Sheelan
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 15:56     Subject: Persian girl names that work well in the US?
There are tons! Boy names can be a little trickier. There are a pile of girl's names that work in both Persian as well as in English: Maryam, Roxanne, Nikki, Farrah, Laleh, Leila, Kimya, Yasmine, Shirin, Sussan (Suzanne), Haleh (Holly), Roya, Vida, Zahra. And even the Persian names that are a little less common are relatively easy to pronounce and sound nice: Azadeh, Azita, Azar, Donya, Bahar, Farnaz, Firoozeh, Nazanin, Soraya, Tahereh, ... I could go on.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 15:51     Subject: Persian girl names that work well in the US?
Leila
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 15:46     Subject: Persian girl names that work well in the US?
Parisa is nice.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2019 15:41     Subject: Persian girl names that work well in the US?
Open to any and all ideas!