The baby name Iran is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: ih-RAHN (/ɪˈrɑːn/); Persian: ee-RAHN (/iˈrɒːn/).
Iran is Persian in Origin.
The baby name Iran is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: ih-RAHN (/ɪˈrɑːn/); Persian: ee-RAHN (/iˈrɒːn/).
Iran is Persian in Origin.
Iran functions as a modern given name drawn from the country’s endonym, Persian ایران (Īrān). The word descends from Middle Persian Ērān, ultimately from Old Iranian/Avestan airyanəm “of the Aryans,” tied to the Indo‑Iranian root arya- meaning “noble” or “hospitable.” As a personal name, it conveys senses of “Iranian,” “of the Iranians,” or, more broadly, “belonging to the noble people/land.”
As a given name, Iran is rare but attested across the 20th and 21st centuries, appearing in English- and Spanish-speaking contexts (notably borne by the American boxer Iran Barkley) and occasionally within Persian communities; usage is unisex, though often masculine in the West. Spelling variants and language forms include Īrān (Persian transliteration), Irán (Spanish), and Iran (English), with Irã as the Portuguese country form. Related Persian name-forms include Irāndokht (“daughter of Iran”), Irānmehr (“affection of Iran”), and Irānshāh (“king of Iran”).
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Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SV | 0 | #11 | 1 | 283 | |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| PA | 0 | #136 | 3 | 3,797 | |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| PT | 0 | #250 | 1 | 4,161 | |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #258 | 1 | 3,650 |
| IL | 0 | #281 | 2 | 6,291 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #299 | 868 | 12,213 |
| BR | 0 | #327 | 19 | 5,969 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #329 | 1 | 7,429 |
| GT | 0 | #335 | 4 | 5,948 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #368 | 2 | 8,477 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #375 | 7 | 7,951 |
| MX | 0 | #404 | 10 | 8,339 | |
| BO | 0 | #407 | 2 | 6,868 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #411 | 3 | 5,922 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #462 | 20 | 9,305 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #470 | 12 | 9,861 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #482 | 2 | 7,628 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #495 | 5 | 7,625 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #508 | 3 | 10,188 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #540 | 2 | 7,500 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #602 | 10 | 9,488 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #619 | 4 | 9,244 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #661 | 340 | 16,355 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #694 | 7 | 13,390 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #885 | 8 | 7,044 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #897 | 45 | 12,708 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #903 | 18 | 15,656 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #916 | 3 | 17,948 |
| United States | Girls | 2015 | #917 | 7 | 9,502 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #922 | 5 | 14,506 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,006 | 5 | 14,861 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,040 | 144 | 17,781 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,149 | 4 | 16,140 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,179 | 4 | 25,439 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,690 | 2 | 28,008 |
Iran is popular in 30 countries — most recent births per country:
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