Entry № 7986 · Other origin

Parichehr Parichehr — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ pah-ree-CHEHR /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Fairy face (Shahnameh wife of Iraj)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Persian)

A name that means "fairy face (shahnameh wife of iraj)".

Parichehr is from the Persian پری‌چهر (Parīchehr — parī fairy + chehr face — fairy-faced, having angelic beauty). Parichehr is one of the Persian feminine names — central to traditional Persian mythological heritage. Persian feminine name reflecting Persian poetic-mythological heritage.

Fairy face (Persian).

The name in its native script.

پری‌چهر
Transliteration
Parīchehr
Pronunciation
/ pɑː.riːˈtʃɛr /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Parichehr stands.

Parichehr 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.

Parichehrs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Parichehr
Wife of Iraj + son of Fereydun + Shahnameh Book of Kings.
Shahnameh

Names connected to Parichehr.

The number behind Parichehr.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Parichehr reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.