Irish and Persian Names

[irishlady]

I have been posting in the girl's forum about names for our little girl, but I am really becoming addicted to names lol So I am looking for suggestions of Irish and Persian/Arabic names for boys. I am sure we will have more children in the future and this way I can satisfy my current craving for names What are your favorite Irish names and Perian or Arabic names. My husband is Persian/Arabic and I am Irish. We are both Catholic and would prefer not to have any names associated with the Islamic relgion (we don't not mean this offensively we just think it would make things easier) Thanks for any help you provide.

[teacherma]

Persian
Arash ("truthfulness" or "bright")
Kaveh ("royal")
Zhubin / Zubin ("spear")
Ardashir ("righteous ruler")
Bahadur (hero, warrior, brave")
Baraz ("exalted")
Eskandar (form of Alexander)
Firdaus ("paradise")
Firuz ("successful")
Mirza ("prince")
Reza ("satisfaction, contentment")

Irish
Cillian
Finn
Fintan
Finnbar
Finnian
Brendan (I saw that you like Soraya - "Princess" so why not Brendan - "prince")
Cormac
Declan
Dermot
Desmond
Eamon
Lonan
Lorcan ("little fierce one")
Malachy
Oran / Orrin
Oisín
Patrick
Ronan
Rory
Rowan
Sean
Senan
Shane

Possible Combos:
Malachy Reza
Lorcan Eskandar
Brendan Ardashir
Kaveh Desmond
Ronan Firdaus
Cillian Bahadur
Patrick Mirza
Baraz Oisín

[dillonsfan01]

Arabic:
Aladdin - I think the movie makes it cute and acceptable
Amin
Amir
Aza
Habib
Hassan - means handsome!
Malik
Nakia
Omar
Rahim
Rayan
Samir
Xavier/Zavier - love this for you!

Persian:
Armani - I see a lot of children with this name though so it might be loosing any cultural ties it ever had
Cyrus
Daric - Persian variation of Derek
Naveed

Irish:
Banning - not sure about this but I thought you might like it
Bellamy - this could work for a girl though too
Blaine
Brady
Breccan
Callahan
Cullen - depending on how you feel about Twilight
Daley
Darren
Declan
Dillon
Donahue
Finlay
Gavin
Garrett
Hugh
Hurley
Keegan
Kennedy
Kieran
Liam
McCoy
Neil
Quillan
Riley
Seamus
Shane
Tierney
Troy

I am glad that you are loving names since you came here! I hope you stay for as long as you want!

[c'estcarina]

My favorite Persian names for boys are Amir, Jahan, and Bijan.

[nono]

What about Dara? It's a male name both in Ireland and in Iran, and I believe it's also the name of a Catholic saint.

[gwynedde]

I love Kian, and have for some time. In Gaelic it means 'Ancient', and in Persian where it is called Kianoush the meaning is 'royal' or 'king.'

Handsome indeed!