Persian · Girl name
Golshifteh
“enamoured of flowers”
About the name Golshifteh
Golshifteh is a Persian feminine name formed from gol ‘flower, rose’ and shifteh ‘enamoured, infatuated’, giving the sense ‘enamoured of flowers’. The word shifteh appears often in classical Persian poetry to describe a lover wholly devoted to the object of love. The best-known bearer is Golshifteh Farahani, an Iranian actress and musician who appeared in the Iranian film About Elly and later in international productions such as Paterson and Extraction.
- Meaning
- enamoured of flowers
- Origin
- Persian
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- gol-SHEE-teh(3 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Golshifteh
- Golshifteh Nadia
- Golshifteh Leila
- Golshifteh Sahar
- Golshifteh Darya
- Golshifteh Zara
Questions about Golshifteh
- What does Golshifteh mean?
- Golshifteh is a Persian name meaning "enamoured of flowers".
- How do you pronounce Golshifteh?
- Golshifteh is pronounced gol-SHEE-teh, with emphasis on the second syllable.
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