Entry № 7133 · Persian origin

Nahid Nahid — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nah-HEED /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Venus (the planet)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Persian)

A name that means "venus (the planet)".

Nahid (ناهید) is the Persian name for the planet Venus and a Zoroastrian goddess of beauty — a contracted form of Anahita.

Nahid is widely used in Iran.

Venus. The Persian morning star.

The name in its native script.

ناهید
Transliteration
Nāhīd
Pronunciation
/ nəˈhiːd /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nahid stands.

Nahid 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.

Nahids before her.

Real people

In fiction
Nahid
Common in Persian poetry.

Names connected to Nahid.

The number behind Nahid.

9

The Giver

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