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Five Name Friday: Girl Name that Works in Welsh & Persian –

Five Name Friday: Girl Name that Works in Welsh & Persian – | Name News | Scoop.it
“I need girl names that bridge from Wales to Iran! I prefer longer names, but for the name to be pronounced in both languages please avoid the sounds ‘th’/’dd’ in Wels…
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Royal Baby Name: Soraya

Royal Baby Name: Soraya | Name News | Scoop.it
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, married three times (and divorced twice). His second wife was the half-Iranian, half-German Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari. They wed in Tehran in 1951. So…
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Royal Baby Name: Farah

Royal Baby Name: Farah | Name News | Scoop.it
The last Shah of Iran had three wives — first Fawzia, second Soraya, and finally Farah: Farah Diba, who was a 21-year-old commoner when she married the king in Tehran at the very end of 1959.…
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Tomyris

Tomyris | Name News | Scoop.it
Her name - originally in the form of Tahm-Rayiš is Iranian in origin, as she ruled in Central Asia and the Scythian language was a branch of Iranian.
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