Farzaneh

Farzaneh carries the sense of the wise one, a woman of learning, and the word itself appears in classical Persian poetry as an epithet for the discerning. The name is widespread in Iran and among Iranian communities abroad, worn by scholars, poets, and activists including the writer Farzaneh Milani. Said far-zah-NEH, three syllables with the stress drifting toward the end, it has a patient, considered sound. There is nothing flashy here. The name reads like the kind of woman who reads in the original language and quotes Hafez from memory. Classical without being musty, traditional without being quiet.