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Manijeh Manijeh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-NEE-zheh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Shahnameh princess (Bizhan and Manijeh)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Persian)

A name that means "shahnameh princess (bizhan and manijeh)".

Manijeh is from the Persian منیژه — possibly from Old Persian manīžaka (heart-stealing, charming). Manijeh is one of the heroines of the Shahnameh.

Shahnameh princess (Bizhan and Manijeh).

The name in its native script.

منیژه
Transliteration
Manijeh
Pronunciation
/ məˈniː.ʒɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Manijeh stands.

Manijeh 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.

Manijehs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Manijeh (Shahnameh)
Shahnameh Turanian princess + Bizhan's beloved.
c. 1010

Names connected to Manijeh.

The number behind Manijeh.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Manijeh reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.