Simin is a

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

feminine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

meaning "silvery" and "white". It is derived from the

Middle Persian Middle Persian or Pahlavi, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg () in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time after the Sasanian collapse, Middle Per ...

word ''asêmên''.

Notable people with this given name

Simin Behbahani Simin Behbahani, her surname also appears as Bihbahani (née Siminbar Khalili; fa, سیمین بهبهانی; 20 July 1927 – 19 August 2014) was a prominent Iranian contemporary poet, lyricist and activist. She is known for her poems in a ghaz ...

, Iranian poet * Simin Keramati, Iranian-born Canadian multidisciplinary artist *

Simin Daneshvar Simin Dāneshvar ( fa, سیمین دانشور)‎ (28 April 1921 – 8 March 2012) was an Iranian academic, novelist, fiction writer and translator. She was largely regarded as the first major Iranian woman novelist. Her books dealt with the ...

, Iranian writer *

Simin Davoudi Simin Davoudi FAcSS is ''Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning'' at Newcastle University. She is Past President of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) and, as coordinator of the Planning Research Network, advised the D ...

, Iranian academic *

Simin Ghanem Simin Ghanem (Persian: سیمین غانم‌, born 11 April 1944, Tonekabon, Iran) is an Iranian classical and pop singer. She is best known for her song "Gole Goldun". Career Ghanem started singing when she was 9 years old. In 1962, she was th ...

, Iranian singer *

Simin Tander Simin Tander (born 19 October 1980) is a German jazz musician (vocals and piano) and composer. Biography Born in Cologne, Tander is the daughter of an Afghanistan, Afghan journalist father, who died when she was a child, and a German teach ...

, Afghan-German singer {{DEFAULTSORT:Simin (Name) Persian feminine given names Feminine given names