Porandokht as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Porandokht

What is the meaning of the name Porandokht ?

The baby name Porandokht is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /puːrɒːnˈdoxt/ — approx. "poor-ahn-dokht".

Porandokht is Persian in Origin.

Porandokht is a Persian feminine name from Middle Persian Pūrānduxt, built from Pūrān (“abundance, fullness”; from pūr “full”) + duxt/dokht (“daughter”). Literally “daughter of Pūrān,” it also conveys an associative sense of plenitude and completeness in later Persian. The -dokht element is a hallmark of Sasanian-era women’s names (cf. Āzarmīdokht, Mihrdokht).

Its most famous bearer is the Sasanian queen regnant Bōrān (r. 630–632), daughter of Khosrow II, whose name appears in chronicles and on coinage as Pūrānduxt; New Persian later shortened it to Borān/Burān. Documented variants include Porandokht, Purandokht, Puran-Dokht, Puran-Dukht, and Boran/Buran. While rare in modern Iran, the name is cherished by history-minded families for its regal associations and classical cadence. Related compound names replace the first element with other virtues or deities, such as Āzarmīdokht (“daughter of modesty”) and Mihrdokht (“daughter of Mithra”).

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