Anooshirwan as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Anooshirwan

What is the meaning of the name Anooshirwan ?

The baby name Anooshirwan is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ah-NOO-sheer-vahn.

Anooshirwan is Persian in Origin.

Anooshirwan is a Persian male name from Middle Persian anōšag-ruwān, “immortal soul,” carried into New Persian as Anūshirvān. The elements anōš/anūsh (“immortal, imperishable”) and ruwān (“soul, spirit”) give it a sense of enduring life and integrity. Common variants include Anushirvan, Anoushirvan, Anushervan, and Anushirawan; Arabicized forms appear as Anūshirwān. In South Asian and Parsi usage it yields Nushirvan, Noshirvan, Nosherwan, Nus(h)erwan, and the patronymic-surname Nusserwanji.

The name is inseparable from Khosrow I Anushirvan (531–579 CE), the Sasanian emperor famed as “the Just,” whose reputation for reform and wisdom spread through Persian and Arabic literature, notably the Shahnameh. Through Persianate courts and later Parsi communities, Anooshirwan endured as a cultured, traditional choice. While relatively rare today, it evokes justice, good governance, and a noble, enduring spirit - qualities implied by its etymology and reinforced by centuries of admiration for its most celebrated bearer.

⚙ Anooshirwan is absent from every birth registry and name dataset we follow. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. However you look at it, very few people share it.