Nasrin

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Persian/Farsi (Iran)

Meaning

a Persian feminine name meaning wild rose or dog rose, from nasrin (نسرین), the Persian word for the wild white rose Rosa canina; flowers are among the most beloved sources of feminine names in the Persian tradition, which has a rich vocabulary of floral imagery in poetry — the rose is the supreme flower of Persian poetry, the object of the nightingale's perpetual love — and naming daughters for flowers expresses both beauty and the transience that Persian poetry associates with feminine loveliness; Nasrin is distinct from the garden rose (gol) in that it is specifically the wild, untamed rose, giving the name a quality of natural, unforced beauty; the name was borne by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh, the Iranian human rights lawyer who became an international symbol of resistance to the Islamic Republic's treatment of women and political dissidents; her prominence has given the name international recognition beyond Persian-speaking communities

Gender

female

Also spelled

Nasreen, Nasrin