Manuchehr (name)
Appearance
Gender | Male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Persian |
Meaning | Heaven's Face |
Manuchehr, Manuchar, Manuchihr, or Manouchehr (Persian: منوچهر, Manūčehr, Old Persian: Manōčihr, Avestan: Manuščiθra) is a Persian male given name meaning heaven's face. It consists of two parts Manu (Manou) which means heaven in old Persian language and Chehr which means face.
Given name
- Manuchehr, mythical hero from Shahnameh.
- Manuchehr I, Manuchehr II & Manuchehr III, the 11th, 17th and 19th shahs of medieval Shirvan
- Manouchehr Atashi, Persian poet
- Manouchehr Eghbal, Prime Minister of Iran
- Manuchar I Dadiani, Georgian prince
- Manuchekhr Dzhalilov, Tajik football player
- Manuchehr Eliasi, Iranian Member of Parliament
- Manouchehr Ganji, Iranian politician
- Manuchehr Ghorbanifar, Iranian arms dealer
- Manouchehr Khan Gorji, Iranian official
- Manuchehr Jamali, Iranian philosopher
- Manuchar II Jaqeli, Georgian noble
- Manuchar III Jaqeli, Georgian noble
- Manuchar Kvirkvelia, Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler
- Manuchar Machaidze, Georgian footballer
- Manouchehr Mahamadi, Iranian film producer
- Manuchar Markoishvili, Georgian basketballer
- Manouchehr Mottaki, Iranian Government Minister
- Manuchehr Shahrokhi, Iranian-American academic
- Manuchar Tskhadaia, Georgian wrestler
- Manouchehr Yektai, Iranian-American painter
As a surname
- Armen Manucharyan, Armenian footballer
- Ashot Manucharyan, Armenian teacher
- Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer
- Nina Manucharyan, Armenian film actress