Parvīz

Parviz
Pronunciation	Persian pronunciation: [pɑrviːz]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Persian
Meaning	fortunate, victorious
Region of origin	Persia

Parvēz, Pērvaz or Parvīz^[1] (Persian: پرویز, meaning "fortunate, victorious"; Middle Persian: plwyc Parvēz, also ʾplwyc Abarvēz/Aparvēz), is a Persian male given name, mostly popular in Iran, Central Asia, South Asia and among Azeris. It is also a common surname.

Note: Parvēz, Parvez, Parvīz, Parwez, Parwiz, Pervaiz, Pervaz, Pervez, Perviz , Parvase or Purvez are usually the same name but with different spellings. Furthermore, pronunciation between these different spellings are generally extremely similar or identical. All of these are ultimately derived from the Middle Persian name Peroz, of which there are many variations, such as Piruz, Phiroze, Feroze, etc.

Given name[]

Notable people who have this given name include:

Parviz (Khosrow II), the twenty-second Sassanid King of Persia also known as Khosrow Parviz or Khosrow "The Victorious One" or "The Undefeatable" (reigning from 590 to 628 CE).
Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi, the former Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force
Parvez Butt (born 1942), Pakistani nuclear engineer and former chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission 2001–2006 (PAEC)
Parvez Hossain Emon, Bangladeshi cricketer
Parvez Imroz, human rights lawyer and a civil rights activist in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir
Parvez Qadir, British actor
Parvez Sharma, Indian film director
Parviz Abnar, sound recordist
Parviz Fannizadeh, Iranian actor
Parviz Ghelichkhani, footballer
Parviz Mazloumi, football manager
Parviz Meshkatian, Iranian Musician
Parviz Moin, physicist
Parviz Natel-Khanlari, professor
Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor
Parviz Sayyad, Iranian actor
Parviz Sobirov, Tajikistani jodoka
Parviz Iskenderov, kickboxer
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani professor of nuclear physics
Pervez Kambaksh, journalist
Pervez Jamil Mir, Pakistani TV anchorperson
Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army
Pervez Sajjad, former Pakistani cricketer
Pervez Taufiq, songwriter and lead singer for band Living Syndication

Middle name[]

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, previous Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, former candidate for Prime Minister of Pakistan and former Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan
Imran Pervez Awan, Pakistani born American cricketer
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Raja Nadir Pervez Khan, Pakistani politician
Shahid Parvez Khan, Sitar player of Hindustani Classical Music
Muhammad Parviz Mirza, second son of Mughal emperor Jahangir
Muhammad Parvez Gangua, Bangladeshi film actor

Surname[]

Ahmed Pervez, Pakistani modernist painter
Alex Parvis, English guitarist of Area 11
Ansar Pervaiz, Pakistani nuclear scientist, current chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Anwar Pervez, British businessman
Aqsa Parvez (1991–2007), victim of an alleged honour killing in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Arshad Pervez, Pakistani cricketer
Fariha Pervez, Pakistani musician
Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, Islamic scholar
Imran Parvez (born 1977), Bangladeshi cricketer
Saleem Pervez, Pakistani cricketer
Tariq Pervez, Pakistani policeman, director-general of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency
Yunus Parvez (1931–2007), Bollywood character actor
Zeeshan Parwez, Pakistani musician

Other[]

Notes[]

^ In the early new Persian and the eastern contemporary variants of the Persian language, there are two different vowels ī and ē which are shown by the same Perso-Arabic letter ی, and in the standard transliteration, both of them are usually transliterated as ī.

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Behind the Name: Iranian Names

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[1] In the early new Persian and the eastern contemporary variants of the Persian language, there are two different vowels ī and ē which are shown by the same Perso-Arabic letter ی, and in the standard transliteration, both of them are usually transliterated as ī.

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