Entry № 1184 · Persian origin

Azarmidokht Azarmidokht — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AH-zar-mee-dokht /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Sasanian empress (only other female Shah)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Persian)

A name that means "sasanian empress (only other female shah)".

Famously rejected an unwanted marriage proposal from a Parthian noble Farrukh Hormizd — when he persisted, she had him assassinated.

Featured in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh.

Modest daughter. Sasanian Shah who had her would-be unwanted suitor assassinated.

The name in its native script.

آزرمیدخت
Transliteration
Āzarmīdoxt
Pronunciation
/ ˌɑː.zɑːr.miːˈdɒkt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Azarmidokht stands.

Azarmidokht 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.

Azarmidokhts before her.

Real people
Azarmidokht
Sasanian Empress of Persia.
r. 630-631
In fiction
Azarmidokht
Ferdowsi's Shahnameh.

Names connected to Azarmidokht.

The number behind Azarmidokht.

9

The Giver

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