Manuchehr, Manuchar, Manuchihr, or Manouchehr (, ''Manūčehr'',

Middle Persian Middle Persian, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg ( Inscriptional Pahlavi script: , Manichaean script: , Avestan script: ) in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasania ...

: Manōčihr,

Avestan Avestan ( ) is the liturgical language of Zoroastrianism. It belongs to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family and was First language, originally spoken during the Avestan period, Old ...

: Manuščiθra) is a Persian male given name meaning "Heaven's face". It consists of two parts ''Manu (Manou),'' which means "Heaven" in the old Persian language; and ''Chehr,'' which means "face".

Given name

Manuchehr

Manuchehr Manūchehr mænuː'tʃer">Help:IPA/English">mænuː'tʃer (, older Persian Manōčihr, Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱𐬗𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 Manuščiθra), is the eighth Shah of the Pishdadian dynasty of Persia according to ''Shahnameh''. He is ...

, mythical hero from ''

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' (, ), also transliterated ''Shahnama'', is a long epic poem written by the Persian literature, Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,000 distichs or couple ...

''. * Manuchehr I, Manuchehr II and Manuchehr III, the 11th, 17th and 19th shahs of medieval Shirvan *

Manuchihr Falak al-Ma'ali Manuchihr (), better known as Manuchihr (died c. 1031), was the ruler of the Ziyarids (1012 at the latest – c. 1031). He was the son of Qabus. Early life During his father's reign Manuchihr was appointed as governor of Tabari ...

, king of

Ziyarids The Ziyarid dynasty () was an Iranian dynasty of Gilaki origin that ruled Tabaristan from 931 to 1090 during the Iranian Intermezzo period. The empire rose to prominence during the leadership of Mardavij. After his death, his brother Vushmgir an ...

Manuchehr Eliasi Manuchehr Eliasi or Manouchehr Eliasi () is a former member of the Iranian Parliament who was succeeded by Maurice Motamed in 2000. He was born in the city of Sanandaj in 1946, and during his student days, he campaigned against the Shah's regime ...

, Iranian Member of Parliament * Manuchehr Ghorbanifar, Iranian arms dealer * Manuchehr Jamali, Iranian philosopher * Manuchehr Shahrokhi, Iranian-American academic

Manouchehr

* Manouchehr Arianpour, Iranian translator *

Manouchehr Atashi Manouchehr Atashi (September 25, 1931 – November 20, 2005; ) was a Persian poet, writer, and journalist of Kurdish descent. He was born in 1931 in Dashtestan, Bushehr province Bushehr Province () is one of the 31 Provinces of Ira ...

, Persian poet *

Manouchehr Eghbal Manouchehr Eghbal (; September 1909 – 25 November 1977) was an Iranian physician and royalist politician. He was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1957 to 1960. Early life and education Eghbal was born in Mashhad in September 1909, and his famil ...

, Prime Minister of Iran *

Manouchehr Ganji Manouchehr Ganji (Persian: منوچهر گنجی) is a human rights activist and a former Minister of Education of Iran from 1976 until 1979. Life Ganji was born in Tehran, Iran. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in political science an ...

, Iranian politician *

Manouchehr Khan Gorji Manuchehr Khan Gorji Mo'tamed al-Dowleh (; died 9 February 1847) was a eunuch in Qajar Iran, who became one of the most powerful statesmen of the country in the first half of the 19th century. Background A member of the Enikolopian family and t ...

, Iranian official * Manouchehr Mahamadi, Iranian film producer *

Manouchehr Mottaki Manouchehr Mottaki (; born 12 May 1953) is an Iranian politician and diplomat who currently is a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis since 2024. He was the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affai ...

, Iranian Government Minister * Manouchehr Yektai, Iranian-American painter

Manuchekhr

Manuchekhr Dzhalilov Manuchekhr Nasrulloyevich Dzhalilov (, ; born 27 September 1990) is a Tajik professional footballer who plays as a forward for Istiklol. Club career Prior to the start of the 2015 season, Dzhalilov joined reigning Tajik League champions FC Is ...

, Tajik football player

Manuchar

(Variant of the name used in the Republic of Georgia) *

Manuchar I Dadiani Manuchar I Dadiani ( ka, მანუჩარ I დადიანი; died 1611) was Prince of Mingrelia, of the House of Dadiani, from 1590 until his death. A younger son of Levan I Dadiani, he succeeded on the death of his elder brother, Ma ...

, Georgian prince *

Manuchar II Jaqeli Manuchar II Jaqeli also known as Mustafa Pasha ( ka, მანუჩარ II ჯაყელი; b. 1557 – d. 1614), of the House of Jaqeli, was prince of Samtskhe (styled with the hereditary title of atabeg) and the pasha of its capital Akhalt ...

, Georgian noble *

Manuchar III Jaqeli Manuchar III Jaqeli ( ka, მანუჩარ III ჯაყელი; 1591–1625), of the House of Jaqeli, was the last atabeg of the principality of Samtskhe, nominally ruling between 1607 and 1625. As a child, he accompanied his father, Manuc ...

, Georgian noble *

Manuchar, Prince of Abkhazia Manuchar I, or Manch I, was a prince of the Principality of Abkhazia from circa 1730 to 1757. Biography By birth member of the House of Sharvashidze, family that ruled Abkhazia for centuries, he was the eldest son of Hamid Bey Shirvashidze, P ...

, prince of the Principality of Abkhazia *

Manuchar Kvirkvelia Manuchar Kvirkvelia (Georgian: მანუჩარ კვირკველია; born on October 12, 1978) is a retired Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler and politician, an Olympic champion and a member of the Parliament of Georgia since 2008. ...

, Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler *

Manuchar Machaidze Manuchar Machaidze ( ka, მანუჩარ მაჩაიძე; , ''Manuchar Domentyevich Machaidze''; born 25 March 1949) is a Georgian former footballer who played as a midfielder for Dinamo Tbilisi, Pakhtakor Tashkent, Spartak Moscow ...

, Georgian footballer *

Manuchar Markoishvili Manuchar "Manu" Markoishvili ( ka, მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი, born 17 November 1986) is a former Georgian professional basketball player and coach who is currently an assistant coach for AS Monaco of the French LNB � ...

, Georgian basketballer *

Manuchar Tskhadaia Manuchar Tskhadaia (მანუჩარ ცხადაია, born March 19, 1985) is a male wrestler from Georgia. He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the ...

, Georgian wrestler

As a surname

(used mainly in Armenian surnames) *

Armen Manucharyan Armen Manucharyan (born 3 February 1995) is an Armenian international footballer who plays as a right back, for Alashkert. Club career Born in Yerevan, he has played club football for Banants and Pyunik. On 10 August 2020, he signed with Rus ...

, Armenian footballer *

Ashot Manucharyan Ashot Manucharyan (, born 1954 in Yerevan) is an Armenian educator, democratic socialist politician, and one of the founding members of the Karabakh Committee. After the independence of Armenia from the Soviet Union in 1991, he served as Minister ...

, Armenian teacher *

Edgar Manucharyan Edgar Manucharyan (; born 19 January 1987) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Ajax In early December 2004, Manucharyan joined Ajax Amsterdam. On 14 December, he took part in a friendly game aga ...

, Armenian footballer * Nina Manucharyan, Armenian film actress {{given name, type=both Persian masculine given names Masculine given names