Entry № 10474 · Persian origin

Termeh Termeh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TER-meh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Silk brocade (Persian)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Persian)

A name that means "silk brocade (persian)".

Termeh (ترمه) is the Persian word for the luxurious Persian silk brocade — handwoven for centuries in Yazd, considered one of Iran's finest textiles.

Termeh is the daughter in Asghar Farhadi's Oscar-winning A Separation (2011).

Silk brocade. The Persian luxurious textile.

The name in its native script.

ترمه
Transliteration
Termeh
Pronunciation
/ ˈtɛr.mɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Termeh stands.

Termeh 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.

Termehs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Termeh
Heroine of A Separation.
Farhadi, 2011

Names connected to Termeh.

The number behind Termeh.

6

The Nurturer

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