Given name · Persian
سیاوش
“having black stallions”
سیاوش (siyāwaš) is a masculine given name from Middle Persian, ultimately from Old Persian. It is used in Persian.
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Meaning & origin
What it means
سیاوش goes back to Old Persian *Θyāvaršā, meaning “having black stallions.”
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Where it comes from
سیاوش comes from Middle Persian, and ultimately from Old Persian.
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How it developed
From Late Old Persian *Šyāvaršā, from Old Persian *Θyāvaršā (“having black stallions”).
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سیاوش’s family of names
In Persian usage, سیاوش has a diminutive in سیا. In Persian usage, سیاوش shares a linguistic root with the Old Armenian form Շաւարշ.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named سیاوش
- Siavash KasraiIranian poet (1927-1996)1926–1996
- Siah ArmajaniAmerican sculptor and architect (1939–2020)
- Siavash YazdaniIranian footballerborn 1992
- Siavash GhomayshiIranian singer-songwriter and musicianborn 1945
- Siavash ShamsIranian singerborn 1963
- Siavash Haghnazariassociation football playerborn 1995
- Siavash AkbarpourIranian football playerborn 1985
- Siavosh TahmouresIranian actorborn 1947
- Siavash TeimouriIranian architect and artistborn 1937
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