Surname · also Iranian Persian
Pahlavi
“Parthian (person)”
Pahlavi is a surname from Iranian Persian, ultimately from Classical Persian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pahlavi is a romanization of پهلوی. پهلوی goes back to a word meaning “Parthian (person).”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pahlavi comes from Iranian Persian, and ultimately from Classical Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Iranian Persian پَهْلَوی, from Classical Persian پَهْلَوِی, built from Classical Persian پَهْلَو + ـِی.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Pahlavi’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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