Surname

Chamenei

Chamenei is a surname from Persian. It is used in German.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Chamenei comes from Persian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Persian خامنه‌ای.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Chamenei’s family of names

In German usage, Chamenei as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Khamenei. In Greek usage, Chamenei as a surname is a transliteration of Χαμενεΐ.

Walk Chamenei’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Bactrian

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Persian

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Persian

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No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

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