Payman as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Payman

What is the meaning of the name Payman ?

The baby name Payman is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced pay-MAHN.

Payman is Middle Persian, Persian in Origin.

Payman is a Persian masculine name written پیمان in modern Persian and usually romanized Peymān or Paymān. Its root language is New Persian, with an earlier Middle Persian form paymān, a noun denoting measure, agreement, or covenant. The word belongs to the Iranian lexical family connected with measuring and fixing terms; as a name, its literal sense is covenant, pact, or promise, rather than messenger.

In Iranian usage Payman functions chiefly as a male given name, alongside transliterations such as Peyman, Peiman, Paiman, and Paymaan. It is culturally tied to Persian ethical and literary language, where peymān names an oath, treaty, or pledged bond, though the name itself is more characteristic of modern Persian naming than of early Islamic Arabic tradition. Outside Iran it appears mainly in diaspora communities; United States records show only sparse registration, with a small cluster in the 1980s.