Assyrian Name Generator
Modern Assyrian family names and ancient royal names
Generate Assyrian names from two traditions: names used by modern Assyrian, Chaldean and Syriac families, like Ninos Yonan and Shamiram Khoshaba, and ancient names from the Assyrian empire, like Ashurbanipal.
About Assyrian names
Assyrian names come from two periods that are easy to confuse. The first is the ancient kingdom and empire of Assyria on the upper Tigris, whose people spoke Akkadian and wrote in cuneiform. Their names are short sentences about a god. Ashurbanipal means "Ashur is the creator of an heir", and Sennacherib is the Biblical form of a name meaning "Sin has replaced the brothers".
The second is the living Assyrian people and the closely related communities that call themselves Chaldean or Syriac. They are a Christian minority from northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran and northeastern Syria. They speak modern Aramaic dialects, and their given names are mostly Syriac Christian ones such as Yonan, Oshana, Khoshaba, Gewargis and Shmuni. Since the late nineteenth century many families have also chosen heritage names such as Ashur, Sargon, Ninos, Shamiram and Nahrain.
Surnames usually come from a father's or grandfather's given name, so Yonan, Odisho and Warda work as both. Names beginning with Bet, meaning "house of", such as Bet-Sargis, name a family line. Chaldean families from the Nineveh Plain carry names like Yaldo and Kalasho, and Syriac Orthodox families from Tur Abdin use western forms such as Afram, Malke and Shabo. In this list the ancient names always stand alone, and most are hyphenated.
How to choose Assyrian names
- For a present-day character, pair a modern given name with a modern surname, such as Ramsin Yonan or Nahrain Khamis. Ancient names are not used as everyday full names today, apart from a few revived ones like Ashur and Sargon.
- For historical fiction set in the empire, use the hyphenated Akkadian names, such as Tab-shar-Ashur or Nergal-eresh, and skip surnames, which did not exist.
- Match the church tradition to the region. Eastern forms like Gewargis, Youkhana and Shimun fit families from Hakkari, Urmia and northern Iraq, while Afram, Malke and Shabo fit Tur Abdin and Syria.
- Spellings vary in English because the names are transliterated from Syriac script. Yonan and Younan, or Odisho and Audisho, are the same name.
- If the name is for a real child, ask relatives or a priest which form your own community uses.
Frequently asked questions
Are modern Assyrians connected to ancient Assyria?
Modern Assyrians are a Christian people from northern Mesopotamia who speak Aramaic dialects and see themselves as heirs of the ancient Assyrians. Their everyday names are mostly Syriac Christian, not Akkadian. The ancient names on this page are always single names and most are hyphenated. The unhyphenated ones are kings and queens such as Esarhaddon, Shammuramat, Atalia, Yaba, Banitu and Hama, the early kings Kikkia, Akiya, Erishum and Ikunum, the scholars Balasi and Akkullanu, and Old Assyrian merchants and their families such as Innaya, Elamma, Ahaha, Buzazu, Sueyya and Ikuppiya.
What are common Assyrian surnames?
Many are a forefather's given name, such as Khoshaba, Oshana, Yonan, Odisho and Warda. Others begin with Bet, meaning house of, as in Bet-Sargis and Bet-Yosip. Chaldean families often carry names like Yaldo, Kalasho and Hermiz.
What do ancient Assyrian names mean?
Most are short sentences in Akkadian that praise a god or thank one. Ashurbanipal means Ashur is the creator of an heir, and Esarhaddon means Ashur has given a brother. Some royal women had names from other languages: Naqi'a, the mother of Esarhaddon, had a West Semitic name and was also called Zakutu in Akkadian.
Are Assyrian, Chaldean and Syriac names different?
They overlap heavily, because the communities share the Syriac Christian tradition and the Aramaic language. The differences are mostly regional forms: Gewargis and Shimun in the east, Gorgis and Putrus among Chaldeans from the Nineveh Plain, and Afram or Malke in Tur Abdin. The list includes all of them.
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All 500 Assyrian names
A: 64 names
- Abgar
- Abgar Shabo
- Adad-nirari
- Addai
- Afram
- Afram Gallo
- Afram Shabo
- Ahaha
- Ahat-abisha
- Ahiqar
- Aho
- Aho Lahdo
- Aho Malke
- Akiya
- Akkullanu
- Ali-ahum
- Alkhas
- Almas
- Almas Mirza
- Almas Youkhana
- Andrious
- Aprim
- Aprim Ishaya
- Aprim Simono
- Aram
- Aram Donabed
- Arbella
- Arbella Shamoun
- Arbella Yonan
- Arda-Mulissu
- Ashur
- Ashur Bet-Oshana
A, continued
- Ashur Eshaya
- Ashur Khoshaba
- Ashur-bel-nisheshu
- Ashur-dan
- Ashur-etil-ilani
- Ashur-idi
- Ashur-ili-muballissu
- Ashur-mukin-paleya
- Ashur-nada
- Ashur-nadin-ahhe
- Ashur-nirari
- Ashur-rabi
- Ashur-sharru-usur
- Ashur-taklaku
- Ashur-uballit
- Ashurbanipal
- Ashurnasirpal
- Atalia
- Atour
- Atour Bet-Alkhas
- Atour Dinkha
- Atour Sargis
- Atour Zomaya
- Atourina
- Atourina Hormis
- Atourina Oshana
- Atra
- Atra Khnanisho
- Atra Warda
- Audisho
- Awgin
- Awraham
B: 27 names
- Balasi
- Banipal
- Banipal Hormis
- Banipal Oshana
- Banitu
- Barsawmo Malke
- Barsawmo Qarabashi
- Barsom
- Barsoum
- Behnam
- Behnan Isa
- Bel-dan
- Bel-emuranni
- Bel-Harran-beli-usur
- Bel-ushezib
- Benyamin
- Benyamin Oshana
- Benyamin Sargis
- Bet-Alkhas
- Bet-Benyamin
- Bet-Kolia
- Bet-Mansour
- Bet-Oshana
- Bet-Sargis
- Bet-Shmuel
- Bet-Yosip
- Buzazu
C: 1 name
- Chanko
D: 12 names
- Dadesho
- Danho Afram
- Danho Sawme
- Dawid
- Dawid Esho
- Dawid Shamoun
- Dawood Acho
- Dayyan-Ashur
- Dinkha
- Dinkha Eliya
- Dinkha Gewargis
- Donabed
E: 25 names
- Edessa
- Edessa Hanna
- Edessa Sawme
- Elamma
- Elishwa
- Elishwa Eliya
- Elishwa Kanna
- Elishwa Oshana
- Eliya
- Eliya Audisho
- Eliya Manni
- Eliya Zomaya
- Enlil-kudurri-usur
- Ennum-Ashur
- Envia Warda
- Enwia
- Erishum
- Esarhaddon
- Eshai
- Esharra-hammat
- Eshaya
- Eshaya Benyamin
- Eshaya Rehana
- Esho
- Eshoo
F: 1 name
- Freydun Yohannan
G: 13 names
- Gabriel Aho
- Gabriel Sawme
- Gallo
- Gallo Shabo
- Gawriyel
- Gewargis
- Gewargis Malik
- Gewargis Sliwa
- Gewargis Tamraz
- Giwargis
- Gorgis Denha
- Gorgis Konja
- Goriel
H: 14 names
- Habiba Kattula
- Hama
- Hana Chanko
- Hanna Arabo
- Hanna Barsom
- Hanna Kattula
- Hanna Saka
- Hermiz
- Hermiz Kashat
- Hermiz Yaldo
- Hormis
- Hormiz
- Hormiz Eshoo
- Hormiz Khnanisho
I: 21 names
- Iddin-ahhe
- Ikunum
- Ikuppiya
- Ilu-shuma
- Imdi-ilum
- Innaya
- Isa Beth-Sawoce
- Isa Lahdo
- Ishaq Jarbo
- Ishaya
- Isho
- Isho Mattia
- Isho Zora
- Ishok Barsom
- Ishok Iwas
- Ishtar
- Ishtar Bet-Kolia
- Ishtar Rehana
- Ishtar Yousip
- Ishtar-bashti
- Ishtar-shumu-eresh
J: 4 names
- Jendo
- Juliet
- Juliet Atto
- Juliet Dabish
K: 24 names
- Kalasho
- Kanna
- Katrina Jonna
- Katrina Konja
- Khamis
- Khammi
- Khammi Goriel
- Khammi Sawa
- Khanna
- Khanna Eshoo
- Khanna Toma
- Khatoon
- Khatoon Isho
- Khatoon Malik
- Khawa
- Khawa Simono
- Khawa Yalda
- Khnanisho
- Khoshaba
- Khoshaba Jendo
- Khoshaba Mirza
- Khoshaba Oraham
- Kikkia
- Kisir-Ashur
L: 6 names
- Lahdo
- Lahdo Chanko
- Lahdo Gabriel
- Lazar
- Lazar Mirza
- Libbali-sharrat
M: 32 names
- Malik
- Malke
- Malke Afram
- Malke Touma
- Mannu-ki-Adad
- Mannu-ki-Ashur
- Mar-Issar
- Marganita
- Marganita Bet-Dawid
- Marganita Yonan
- Marogi
- Marogi Hermiz
- Marogi Putrus
- Marqos
- Marta
- Marta Dadesho
- Marta Isa
- Marta Shlimon
- Maryam
- Maryam Bet-Oshana
- Maryam Donabed
- Maryam Shikwana
- Maryam Yaldo
- Maryam Zomaya
- Mattai
- Matti Jonna
- Matti Kassab
- Mikha Dabish
- Mikha Sesi
- Mirza
- Mut-Ashkur
- Mutakkil-Nusku
N: 50 names
- Nabu-ahhe-eriba
- Nabu-le'i
- Nahir
- Nahir Gabriel
- Nahrain
- Nahrain Bet-Sargis
- Nahrain Khamis
- Nahrain Yonan
- Nahrin
- Nahrin Gallo
- Nahrin Tamraz
- Nahrin Touma
- Nahrin Warda
- Naqi'a
- Nargis
- Nargis Alkhas
- Nargis Yohannan
- Narsai
- Nergal-eresh
- Nimrod
- Nimrod Bet-Mansour
- Nimrod Enwia
- Nimrod Yousip
- Nineb
- Nineb Bet-Kolia
- Nineb Odisho
- Nineb Tamraz
- Nineveh
- Nineveh Enwia
- Nineveh Malik
- Ninorta
- Ninorta Aho
- Ninorta Gabriel
- Ninos
- Ninos Bet-Benyamin
- Ninos Gewargis
- Ninos Rehana
- Ninos Yonan
- Ninurta-apal-Ekur
- Ninwe
- Ninwe Bet-Alkhas
- Ninwe Khoshaba
- Ninwe Sargis
- Nisan
- Nisan Goriel
- Nohadra
- Nohadra Audisho
- Nohadra Gewargis
- Nuhra
- Nuhra Eshaya
O: 15 names
- Odisho
- Odisho Sawa
- Odisho Yonan
- Oraha Garmo
- Oraha Shikwana
- Oraham
- Oraham Daniel
- Oraham Yako
- Ornina
- Ornina Barsom
- Ornina Shabo
- Oshana
- Oshana Dawid
- Oshana Ishaya
- Oshana Yalda
P: 6 names
- Patros
- Pushu-ken
- Putrus
- Putrus Kalasho
- Putrus Najor
- Puzur-Ashur
Q: 1 name
- Qardagh
R: 19 names
- Rakhel
- Rakhel Aprim
- Rakhel Esho
- Ramina
- Ramina Bet-Benyamin
- Ramina Odisho
- Ramina Yako
- Ramsin
- Ramsin Bet-Sargis
- Ramsin Yonan
- Ramsin Zaya
- Rapqa
- Rapqa Nissan
- Rapqa Sliwa
- Rassam
- Regina
- Regina Karmo
- Regina Kashat
- Rehana
S: 88 names
- Sabrisho
- Sabro Hanna
- Sabro Saliba
- Saliba
- Saliba Donabed
- Saliba Isa
- Sanharib
- Sanharib Malik
- Sanharib Toma
- Sanherib Lahdo
- Sankhiro
- Sankhiro Khoshaba
- Sankhiro Yako
- Sara
- Sara Khnanisho
- Sargis
- Sargon
- Sargon Bet-Yosip
- Sargon Khamis
- Sargon Oshana
- Sargon Warda
- Sawa
- Sawa Yalda
- Sawme
- Sawra
- Sawra Daniel
- Sawra Mirza
- Sennacherib
- Seyde Afram
- Seyde Saliba
- Sha-Ashur-dubbu
- Shabo
- Shabo Hanna
- Shabo Saliba
- Shalim-ahum
- Shalim-Ashur
- Shalita
- Shalmaneser
- Shamiram
- Shamiram Bet-Yosip
- Shamiram Dinkha
- Shamiram Khoshaba
- Shamiran
- Shamiran Oshana
S, continued
- Shamiran Zaya
- Shammuramat
- Shamoun
- Shamoun Atto
- Shamoun Karmo
- Shamshi-Adad
- Shamshi-ilu
- Sharokin
- Sharokin Bet-Shmuel
- Sharokin Warda
- Sherua-eterat
- Shikwana
- Shimun
- Shimun Goriel
- Shimun Kanna
- Shimun Odisho
- Shirin
- Shirin Tamraz
- Shlimon
- Shlimon Dadesho
- Shlimon Yohannan
- Shmuel
- Shmuel Bet-Dawid
- Shmuel Dinkha
- Shmuni
- Shmuni Dawid
- Shmuni Garmo
- Shmuni Kalasho
- Shmuni Lahdo
- Shmuni Malke
- Shmuni Oraham
- Shooshan
- Shooshan Ishaya
- Shooshan Jendo
- Simono
- Sin-ahu-usur
- Sin-shar-ishkun
- Sliwa
- Sliwa Jendo
- Sliwo
- Sueyya
- Surma
- Surma Lazar
- Surma Odisho
T: 25 names
- Tab-shar-Ashur
- Tab-sil-Esharra
- Talitha
- Talitha Bet-Shmuel
- Talitha Zaia
- Tamar
- Tamar Khamis
- Tammuz
- Tammuz Kanna
- Tamraz
- Taram-Kubi
- Tereza Denha
- Tereza Kassab
- Tiglat
- Tiglat Audisho
- Tiglat Khnanisho
- Tiglath-Pileser
- Toma
- Toma Alkhas
- Toma Binno
- Toma Dickow
- Toma Yousip
- Touma
- Tukulti-Ninurta
- Tuma Saka
U: 2 names
- Urad-Gula
- Urad-Nanaya
W: 4 names
- Warda
- Wardiya
- Wardiya Najor
- Wardiya Sesi
Y: 38 names
- Yaba
- Yako
- Yalda
- Yalda Asmar
- Yalda Isho
- Yalda Khoshaba
- Yalda Sitto
- Yaldo
- Yaqo
- Yaqo Hormis
- Yaqo Nissan
- Yaqub Hakim
- Yatooma
- Yawsef Gallo
- Yawsef Nuro
- Yohannan
- Yokhanna
- Yonadam
- Yonan
- Yonan Khoshaba
- Yonan Lazar
- Yonan Shamoun
- Yosip
- Yosip Enwia
- Yosip Khamis
- Youkhana
- Youkhana Aprim
- Youkhana Warda
- Youkhana Zaia
- Younan
- Younan Eshoo
- Younan Simono
- Yousif Bahoura
- Yousif Shouneyia
- Yousip
- Yuhanon Aho
- Yuhanon Touma
- Yulitta