Manijeh

/M-AA-N-IY-ZH-EH-HH/

Girl MuslimZoroastrian Persian origin OtherPersian

A beloved heroine of Persian epic romance, the name of Manijeh in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, a Turanian princess who risks everything for love of the imprisoned hero Bizhan. Through her devotion and sacrifice the name carries one of Persian literature's great images of loyal, all-daring love.

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Yes — Manijeh is a Muslim girl name of Persian origin, meaning “A beloved heroine of Persian epic romance, the name of Manijeh in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, a Turanian princess who risks everything for love of the imprisoned hero Bizhan. Through her devotion and sacrifice the name carries one of Persian literature's great images of loyal, all-daring love.”. It also appears in Zoroastrian tradition.

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Meaning & origin

Manijeh is a girl's name of Persian origin, traditionally used in Muslim families. The name means "A beloved heroine of Persian epic romance, the name of Manijeh in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, a Turanian princess who risks everything for love of the imprisoned hero Bizhan. Through her devotion and sacrifice the name carries one of Persian literature's great images of loyal, all-daring love." and belongs to the Love cluster — names for children loved deeply before they arrive.

Beyond its Muslim heritage, Manijeh is also used in Zoroastrian traditions, reflecting how this name has traveled across cultures.

Common among Other, Persian families, Manijeh carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

What would a baby named Manijeh look like?

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What does Manijeh's numerology say?

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Manijeh resonates in either tradition.

Pythagorean
33
the master teacher — unconditional love in action
Chaldean
22
the master builder — grand vision made real

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Does Manijeh go with your family's names?

Manijeh breaks into 7 sounds: /M-AA-N-IY-ZH-EH-HH/. The real test isn't how it sounds alone — it's how it sounds beside the names already in your family: yours, your partner's, and any brothers or sisters. NameRoot scores that harmony, so Manijeh sits naturally next to a Mum and Dad like Michael & Anna, or a big sister named Gianna — no awkward clashes, no two names that blur together. Hear Manijeh beside your family's names →

Nicknames

Common affectionate forms of Manijeh — useful for everyday family conversation, early childhood, or as standalone given names themselves.

Mani

Names similar to Manijeh

If Manijeh resonates with you, these names live in the same world — drawn from the same tradition, sharing the same meaning, or echoing a similar sound.

From the same tradition

Other Muslim girl names, common in Other families

Fatima
She who abstains, the shining one — Fatima al-Zahra is the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad and the mother of his grandsons Hasan and Husayn. Revered across all branches of Islam as the foremost woman of paradise, her name carries maternal devotion, spiritual purity, and the luminous grace of one called 'the Radiant' by her own father
Maryam
The exalted one, the only woman named in the Quran — Maryam mother of Isa is honoured in an entire surah bearing her name, praised as the woman chosen above all women of all worlds. Her name bridges Islam and Christianity with shared reverence, carrying purity, miraculous grace, and the courage of a mother who bore her child alone beneath a palm tree
Layla
Night, the intoxicating darkness of a desert evening — Layla is the legendary beloved of Majnun in the greatest love story of Arabic literature, the woman whose beauty drove a poet to madness and exile. Her name carries the romance of starlit sand dunes, the mystery of dark hair against moonlight, and the ache of a love too intense for the daylit world
Yasmin
Jasmine, the night-blooming flower whose fragrance intensifies after sunset — Yasmin is the Persian gift to the world's gardens, a vine that climbs walls and releases its sweetest perfume in the darkness

Sharing the same meaning

Other Muslim girl names from the Love cluster

Zeynep
Classic Turkish form of Zaynab, cherished for grace and enduring devotion
Asel
Honey, from Arabic asal (honey), absorbed into Turkish as a name of sweetness and gentle richness. Honey's associations with abundance, healing, and tenderness give the name a warm, affectionate quality, and its soft sound has made it a favourite for girls in contemporary Turkey.
Syifa
The Quran describes itself as a shifa, a healing for what is in the hearts, and parents who name daughters Syifa are expressing the hope that she will be a source of healing in the world

Names that sound similar

Muslim girl names that open with the same syllables as Manijeh

Mariam
A variant rendering of the mother of Isa, carrying the same exalted holiness in a slightly softer phonetic form — Mariam is the spelling preferred in many South Asian and African Muslim communities, and its gentle final syllable gives it a distinctive tenderness that distinguishes it from the more formal Maryam while sharing every particle of its sacred weight
Mahnoor
Moonlight, from the Persian mah (moon) joined to the Arabic nur (light), a luminous compound widely loved in Pakistani naming. It paints the bearer as the soft radiance of the moon, beauty understood as a gentle, silvery glow, light that soothes rather than dazzles.
Mariya
Pure, exalted (Coptic origin) — Mariya (Arabic مارية, from Coptic-Egyptian) is the form used for Mariya al-Qibtiyya (Mary the Copt, d. 637), an Egyptian Christian who became one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad and mother of his son Ibrahim. The name spans Christian and Islamic traditions.

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Common questions about Manijeh

What does the name Manijeh mean?

Manijeh means "A beloved heroine of Persian epic romance, the name of Manijeh in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, a Turanian princess who risks everything for love of the imprisoned hero Bizhan. Through her devotion and sacrifice the name carries one of Persian literature's great images of loyal, all-daring love.." It is a girl name of Persian origin, traditionally used in Muslim families.

Is Manijeh a boy or girl name?

Manijeh is most commonly used as a girl name.

What is the origin of the name Manijeh?

Manijeh is of Persian origin, used in Muslim, Zoroastrian traditions, commonly among Other, Persian families.

Is Manijeh a Muslim name?

Yes. Manijeh is a girl name traditionally used in Muslim families, of Persian origin. It also appears in Zoroastrian tradition.

What does Manijeh mean in Persian?

Manijeh originates from Persian, where it means "A beloved heroine of Persian epic romance, the name of Manijeh in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, a Turanian princess who risks everything for love of the imprisoned hero Bizhan. Through her devotion and sacrifice the name carries one of Persian literature's great images of loyal, all-daring love.."

What are common nicknames for Manijeh?

Common short forms of Manijeh include Mani.

What is the numerology of Manijeh?

Manijeh has a Pythagorean destiny number of 33 — the master teacher — unconditional love in action.

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