Manuchihr as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Manuchihr

What is the meaning of the name Manuchihr ?

The baby name Manuchihr is a boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced mah-noo-CHEER.

Manuchihr is Persian in Origin.

Manuchihr is a Persian male name, best understood as a New Persian form of Middle Persian Manōčihr, from Avestan Manuščiθra. The compound joins Manuš, the primordial human or ancestral figure in Iranian tradition, with čiθra, lineage, seed, or stock. Its literal sense is therefore of the lineage of Manuš, rather than a descriptive virtue name. The spelling Manuchihr reflects scholarly transliteration of Persian منوچهر, whose final consonant represents Persian chehr/chihr.

In Iranian legend Manuchihr, more commonly romanized Manuchehr or Manūchehr, is a king in the national epic tradition later fixed in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh. Historical bearers include Falak al-Ma‘ali Manuchihr, the eleventh-century Ziyarid emir of Tabaristan and Gurgan. The name remained culturally Persian, with variants shaped by transcription rather than separate linguistic descent: Manuchehr in English, Manūchehr in academic Persian, and Manōčihr for Middle Persian contexts. Modern use is chiefly Iranian and diasporic.

⚙ Manuchihr is extremely rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 1 recorded use, across 1 country.