Entry № 207 · Persian origin

Afsaneh Afsaneh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ af-sah-NEH /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"A legend, fairy tale"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "a legend, fairy tale".

Afsaneh means a legend or fairy tale — a story passed down, full of wonder. It carries romance, myth and imagination.

A legend, fairy tale — a Persian name.

The name in its native script.

افسانه
Transliteration
Afsaneh
Pronunciation
/ æf.sɒːˈne /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Afsaneh stands.

Afsaneh does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Afsanehs before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Afsaneh.

The number behind Afsaneh.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Afsaneh reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.