Pourandukht as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pourandukht

What is the meaning of the name Pourandukht ?

The baby name Pourandukht is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced POOR-an-dokht (approx. /puːrænˈdoːxt/).

Pourandukht is Persian in Origin.

Pourandukht is a Middle Persian (Pahlavi) feminine name built from Pūrān + dukht/doxt, where dukht means “daughter.” Pūrān is a Persian personal name related to Avestan pouru- “many, abundant,” so the compound literally reads “Puran’s daughter” and is often interpreted as “daughter of abundance” or, idiomatically, “noble maiden.” Written in Persian as پوراندخت, it appears in scholarship with varied transliterations: Pourandukht, Pourandokht, Purandokht, Puran-Dokht, and Pūrāndukht.

The name is best known from the late Sasanian era: the queen who ruled briefly c. 629–631 CE, daughter of Khosrow II, is styled Boran/Bōrān on coins, while medieval Persian and Arabic chronicles frequently call her Purandokht. That royal association cemented the name in Iranian historical memory, and it saw revival in the 20th century alongside interest in pre-Islamic heritage. Short forms and related variants include Puran/Pouran and the historical Boran; modern nicknames may be Pouri.

⚙ Pourandukht doesn't appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. Such a name is generally either rare, regional or traditional, or a brand-new coinage. Either way, it's a name very few children share.