Nariman (also spelled Narriman, Nareeman, Neriman, Nəriman) is a name of Persian origin ( fa, نریمان ). It has roots traced to the Persian epic,

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,00 ...

, written by

Ferdowsi Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi ( fa, ; 940 – 1019/1025 CE), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (), was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a sin ...

. The name can mean "faith and brightness". It can also mean "brave, hero", with roots in the

Avestan Avestan (), or historically Zend, is an umbrella term for two Old Iranian languages: Old Avestan (spoken in the 2nd millennium BCE) and Younger Avestan (spoken in the 1st millennium BCE). They are known only from their conjoined use as the scrip ...

word naire-manå ("brave, manly"). In other countries, like Iran, it is used interchangeably with Nauroz, the Persian festival. In

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

and

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

it is typically a male given name, whereas in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

and the

Arab World The Arab world ( ar, اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, refers to a vast group of countries, mainly located in Western A ...

it is commonly female.

People

Given name

Nariman Behravesh Nariman Behravesh is Chief Economist at the consulting firm IHS Markit, and author of ''Spin-Free Economics: A No-Nonsense, Nonpartisan Guide to Today's Global Economic Debates'' (McGraw Hill). Directing the economic forecasting process at IHS ...

(born 1948), American economist * Nariman Farvardin (born 1956), American engineer * Nariman Narimanov (1870–1925), Azerbaijani statesman, revolutionary, and writer *

Neriman Özsoy Neriman Özsoy (born 13 July 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is and currently plays as an outside hitter in Japan for Denso Airybees. Career She played for Eczacıbaşı Zentiva, DYO Karşıyaka in Turkey and VC Uralochka in Russia ...

(born 1988), Turkish volleyball player * Narriman Sadek (1933–2005), the last Queen of Egypt *

Nariman Youssef Nariman Youssef is an Egyptian translator. She obtained a BSc in computer science from the American University in Cairo before moving to the UK for graduate studies. She has master's degrees from Birkbeck College and the University of Edinburgh, a ...

, Egyptian translator

Surname

Khurshed Nariman Khurshed Framji Nariman (1883 – 1948), also known as Veer Nariman, was one of the second generation of Parsi stalwarts in the Indian National Congress. He remained Mayor of Bombay from 1935 for a year. Life After studying B.A. and L.L.B., he st ...

, Indian politician *

Mansour Nariman Iskandar Ibrahimi, better known by his stage name Mansour Nariman ( fa, منصور نریمان, 1935 in Mashhad − 14 July 2015 in Tehran) was an Iranian ''oud'' player, researcher and writer. See also * Music of Iran The music of Iran enco ...

(1935–2015), Iranian musician *

Fali Nariman Fali Sam Nariman (born 10 January 1929) is an Indian jurist. He is the senior advocate to the Supreme Court of India since 1971 and was the President of the Bar Association of India from 1991 to 2010. Nariman is an internationally recognised jur ...

(born 1929), Indian jurist

Fictional characters

Nariman (father of Sām) Nariman ( fa, نریمان) is an ancient Persian name meaning "faith and brightness." He is the son of Gershasp, and father of Sām who himself is grandfather of Rostam the hero (Rostam's Father was Zal). Nariman in Shahnameh Nariman was rep ...

, character in ''Shahnameh'' *

Narreeman ''Flashman'' is a 1969 novel by George MacDonald Fraser. It is the first of the Flashman novels. Plot introduction Presented within the frame of the discovery of the supposedly historical Flashman Papers, this book chronicles the subsequent car ...

, character in ''Flashman'' * Nariman Hansotia, character in ''Squatter,'' a story in

Tales from Firozsha Baag ''Tales From Firozsha Baag'' is a collection of 11 short stories by Rohinton Mistry about the residents of Firozsha Baag, a Parsi-dominated apartment complex in Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995 ...

by Rohinton Mistry

Places

* Nariman, Ardabil, Iran *

Nariman, Lorestan Nariman ( fa, نريمان, also Romanized as Narīmān) is a tiny village in Zaz-e Gharbi Rural District, Zaz va Mahru District, Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ...

, Iran *

Nariman, Zanjan Nariman Qeshlaq ( fa, نريمان قشلاق, also Romanized as Narīmān Qeshlāq; also known as Nareiman Gheshlagh, Nāremān Qishlāq, Narīmān, and Narīmān Qeshlāqī) is a village in Shivanat Rural District, Afshar District, Khodabandeh C ...

, Iran *

Nariman, Kyrgyzstan Nariman is a village in Kara-Suu District of Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, ...

Nariman, Republic of Dagestan Nariman (russian: Нариман; nog, Махмут, ''Maxmut'') is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Koktyubinsky Selsoviet, Nogaysky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federat ...

, Russia * Nariman Point, Mumbai, India * Narimanovo Airport, Astrakhan, Russia * Nərimanov raion, Baku, Azerbaijan *

Nərimanov Nərimanov (formerly Abbasbeyli) is a village and municipality in the Saatly Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a tran ...

, Azerbaijan

Other uses

* ''Nariman'' (film), a 2001 Indian Malayalam action/investigative thriller