Names

Italian form of Hartwin.

Derived from medieval Italian ardito meaning “bold”.

Variant of Ardath.

Feminine form of Ardit.

Means “golden day” in Albanian, from ar “gold” and ditë “day”.

Means “high valour”, derived from the Irish elements ard “high” and gal “valour”.

Modern transcription of Ardashir.

From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, which were derived from a Celtic word meaning “high”.

From the name of a plain that appears in the apocryphal book of 2 Esdras (verse 9:26) in some versions of the Old Testament. This place name was used by Marie Corelli for the title of an 1889 novel, which is probably the reason it gained some currency as a given name just after this time.

From the Middle Persian form of Artakhshathra (see Artaxerxes). This was the name of a 3rd-century king of Persia who defeated the Parthians and founded the Sassanid Empire. He also established Zoroastrianism as the state religion.