Milad () is a
Persian name of
Persian origin which is usually given as a first name to a male.
It is mentioned that Milad was a Persian hero in "The Book of Kings". Milad was a legendary Persian prince from the earliest days of the Iranian Empire. In the 12th story of
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 ...
, he is resurrected as the Zoroastrian God of Spirit, and goes on to play a prominent part in the story. There is a similar word 'Moalada' in Aramaic, but this is derived from the archaic Arabic 'Moalada'. Milad can also mean "birth" in the Persian language.
Notable people and characters with the name include:
* Milad, an Iranian hero in ''
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 ...
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Milad Ebadipour (born 1993), Iranian volleyball player
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Milad Fakhreddini (born 1990), Iranian footballer
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Milad Soleiman Fallah (born 1986), Iranian footballer
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Milad Farahani (born 1988), Iranian footballer
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Milad Gharibi (born 1992), Iranian footballer
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Milad Meydavoudi (born 1985), Iranian footballer
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Milad Mohammadi (born 1993), Iranian footballer
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Milad Nouri (footballer, born 1986) (born 1986), Iranian footballer
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Milad Nouri (footballer, born 1993) (born 1993), Iranian footballer
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Milad Omranloo (born 1977), Iranian conductor
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Milad Rizk (born 1972), Lebanese actor
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Milad Salem (born 1988), Afghan footballer
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Milad Zeneyedpour (born 1986), Iranian footballer
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