Given name · Persian
هومن
“good”
هومن (human) is a masculine given name from Middle Persian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Persian.
PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Human.
Meaning & origin
What it means
هومن goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-, meaning “good.”
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Where it comes from
هومن comes from Middle Persian, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
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How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).
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هومن’s family of names
In Persian usage, هومن can be written in the Roman alphabet as HUMAN.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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