Given name · Persian
نریمان
“manly-hearted”
نریمان (narimân) is a masculine given name from Middle Persian, ultimately from Avestan. It is used in Persian.
PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left.
Meaning & origin
What it means
نریمان goes back to Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬈⸱𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬢𐬵, meaning “manly-hearted.”
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Where it comes from
نریمان comes from Middle Persian, and ultimately from Avestan.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
نریمان’s family of names
In Persian usage, نریمان shares a linguistic root with the Zazaki form NERIMAN.
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named نریمان
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