149 Assyrian Baby Names With Meanings

Forget Greek and Latin names. Parents are now going for unique and culturally rich Assyrian names for their children. Assyrian names originally comprised a first name appended with a patronymic like –bet or –bar, which mean ‘house of’ and ‘son of/after’ respectively. And until recently, there was even a trend among Assyrians to abbreviate the given names into one or two syllables. Today, most of the Assyrians are opting the European naming convention of a given name and a surname. Middle name is optional and not very common among the Assyrians.

Also, in earlier times, most Assyrian surnames were first names of grandparents who signed the surname law documents in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. This was the main reason why most of the Assyrian last names were also common first names. But the Arabization of the Assyrian states such as Iraq and Syria compelled the natives to abandon their original surnames and opt for Arabic surnames. But times have changed now. The Assyrians of today carry their Aramaic surnames, and just a minor population have Turkish, Arabic, or Persian surnames.

Below is MomJunction's list of popular Assyrian baby boy and girl names along with meanings. The list is organized alphabetically, and you just need to click on the names to read the meaning.