Parviz

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Persian/Farsi (Iran)

Meaning

a Persian masculine name meaning victorious, triumphant, or flourishing, from the Avestan and Middle Persian parwez, derived from roots meaning to thrive or to prosper; the name is famously borne by Khosrow II Parviz (Chosroes II, r. 591–628 CE), the last great Sasanian king of Persia whose reign saw the empire briefly reach its maximum territorial extent before its catastrophic military over-extension against Byzantium weakened it to the point of vulnerability to the Arab Islamic conquest; Khosrow Parviz is also the royal hero of Nizami's Khosrow and Shirin, one of the great love stories of Persian literature; the name has been popular in Iran throughout the twentieth century — including as the name of the Shah's eldest son Parviz — and carries the Sasanian imperial heritage that is as important as the Achaemenid heritage in shaping Iranian historical identity

Gender

male

Also spelled

Perviz, Parvez