Sanaz ( ''sânâz'') is a
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
female given name . In Persian it is composed of ''sa'' meaning "likeness" and ''naz'' meaning "delicate". Sanaz then means "unique and delicate". The name is associated with beauty, elegance, often interpreted as "a delicate and beautiful flower".
In Turkey, Sanaz is composed of ''San'' and ''az'', meaning "likeness" and "few" respectively, thus 'unique'.
The usage of this name as a
first name
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
* Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array
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is more common than as a
middle name
In various cultures, a middle name is a portion of a personal name that is written between a person's given name and surname.
A middle name is often abbreviated and is then called middle initial or just initial.
A person may be given a middle ...
, especially among Americans,
Persians
Persians ( ), or the Persian people (), are an Iranian ethnic group from West Asia that came from an earlier group called the Proto-Iranians, which likely split from the Indo-Iranians in 1800 BCE from either Afghanistan or Central Asia. They ...
.
Notable people with this name
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Sanaz Abazarnejad, Iranian footballer
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Sanaz Marand
Sanaz Marand (; born June 21, 1988) is an American former tennis player.
In her career, she won two singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In October 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 242. In Nove ...
(born 1988), American tennis player
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Sanaz Mazinani (born 1978), Iranian-Canadian photographer and curator
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Sanaz Minaie, Iranian chef
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