Iranian Names During the First Empire
A directory of names used by Iranians* during the rule of the House of Achamenese (First Persian Empire/Achaemenid Empire)
~550 BCE - 330 BCE
*Some names mentioned here might not be of Iranian origin.
Reading Guide
Ā,ā = tall, ball = آ
A,a = bat, apple
Ī,ī = Hey, Clay = ـِی
Ō,ō = Moon
Ē,ē = Teeth
Ž,ž = (jh) Boujee
Č,č = Chin, Chew
Θ,θ = Thin, Third
Š,š = Sheep, Sugar
X,x = nacht (German) hear it
👑 Names marked by a crown are an indication that that name has been used by a King as well.
*Name: Names marked by a star and bolded, are names that are used to this day in the Iranian world with little change
A (Ā,U,Ō)
Abbadāma
Abbadāwiš
Abbakama
Abbakka
Abbatra
Addaka
Addarma
Addarnuriš
Addate(...)?
Akbaka(?)
Akkadatiza
Akkamka
Akkamuya
Akkaya
Akket
Akkina
Akkuku
Akkumapiš
Akriya
Akruru
Aksasul
Aksušda
Akšemar?
Akšena
Akšimašra
Ambaduš
Ambana
Ambauza
Ammadadda
Ammakkara
Ammakiedda
Ammarna
Ammasuzawiš
Ammašiš
Ammitmanya
Ammukka
Ammumanya
Ampirdawiš
Ampiša
Ampišna
Ampuranuš
Amusa
Andukka
Ankala
Ankama
Ankumana
Ankumarma
Ankutra
Anmamarda
Anmena
Annamasa
Annukruš
Anparruša
Anruna
Ansaš
Ansukka
Anunu
Anzaduš
Anzamanna
Anzanduš
Apmanya
Apmizza
Appatin
Appikka
Appinara
Appirka
Appirmarša
Appišana
Appišmanda
Appišuka
Appitranka
Appiya
Appiyama
Appizaknuš
Appizalum
Appumanya
Appumarša
Appuya
Aprakawiš
Apramatiš
Aprara
Apšudāhuš
Aptiš
Apzizi
Ašbaka
Ašbalika
Ašbamatiš
Ašbanakkuš
Ašbašda
Ašbaširi
Ašbaštiya
Ašbašuptiš
Ašbatašda
Ašbayauda
Ašbazana
Ašbazza
Ašbušda
Ašparnuka
Ašpartu?
Ašpirnukka
Aššabana
Aššamanda
Aššanka
Aššapanda
Aššara
Aššaštiya
Aššašturrana
Aššašutukka
Aššika
Aštiya
Atpizza
Atsarma
Attebaduš
Attebaka
Attehiya
Attekama
Attemira
Attena
Attepūka
Attihubadda
Attimeš?
Attiya
Attiyakka
Attiyauka
Attukna
Atturma
Atturruššuriš
A'ukka
Azakka
Azzakra
B
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