Hormoz as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Hormoz

What is the meaning of the name Hormoz ?

The baby name Hormoz is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /hoɾˈmoːz/ (hor-MOZ or HOR-mohz).

Hormoz is Persian in Origin.

Hormoz is a Persian masculine name ultimately derived from Middle Persian Ohrmazd/Hormizd, the later form of Avestan Ahura Mazda, the supreme deity of Zoroastrianism. Its meaning is “wise lord” (ahura “lord” + mazdā “wisdom”), conveyed in New Persian by the simplified form Hormoz, in which the final -d of Hormozd drops in speech.

Attested since late antiquity, the name was borne by several Sasanian kings (often rendered Hormizd I–IV) and entered Syriac and Armenian as Hormizd/Ormizd; an Assyrian Christian saint gives his name to the Monastery of Rabban Hormizd in Iraq. The famed Strait and Island of Hormuz/Hormoz in the Persian Gulf preserve the same root, explaining the medieval European form Ormus. Common variants and transliterations include Hormuz, Hormuzd, Hormizd, Hormozd, Ormazd, Ohrmazd, and Arabicized Hurmuz. Today it remains a culturally resonant, relatively rare choice in Iran and the Persian-speaking diaspora.