Entry № 8012 · Persian origin

Parvin Parvin — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ par-VEEN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Pleiades (great Iranian poet Parvin E'tesami)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Persian)

A name that means "pleiades (great iranian poet parvin e'tesami)".

Parvin (پروین) is the Persian word for the Pleiades star cluster — "the Seven Sisters." Parvin E'tesami (1907-1941) is one of the greatest Iranian poets of the 20th century — composing classical qasida and masnavi in pure Persian. Her work focuses on women's lives, social justice, and the oppressed, and is widely read in Iranian schools today. Died of typhoid at 34.

Honored on Iranian currency and a national day.

Pleiades. Iranian poet whose verses on women's lives are read in every Iranian school.

The name in its native script.

پروین
Transliteration
Parvīn
Pronunciation
/ pɑːrˈviːn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Parvin stands.

Parvin 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.

Parvins before her.

Real people
Parvin E'tesami
Iranian poet.
1907 – 1941
In fiction
Parvin
Common in Persian literature.

Names connected to Parvin.

The number behind Parvin.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Parvin reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.