Exonym Atlas

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Iran

Local name: ایران / Iran

Countries are colored by the family used by their primary display language. Multilingual countries are marked when their names cross families.

Name Families

Iran / Ērān endonym family

Names grouped as likely derived from Middle Persian Ērān and Avestan Airyanam, the etymological root of the Persian endonym ایران. Adopted as the international standard after Reza Shah's 1935 official request.

Examples: ایران, Iran, İran, Иран, 伊朗

Pārsa / Persia historical family

Names grouped as likely derived from Old Persian Pārsa, including Greek Persis and Latin Persia as well as regional forms such as Armenian Parskastan. For this target, the family is used only where a Pārsa/Persia-derived form is the normal contemporary country name in that language, not merely a formal diplomatic name or a historical-only label.

Examples: Պարսկաստան, Parskastan, Persia

Multilingual / mixed

A country has display languages that fall into different families.

Unknown / unavailable

No curated projection is available yet.

Historical names

Names that were widely used in earlier eras but have been displaced or significantly reduced in modern usage.

Classical / pre-1935 official name

Persia

The dominant European and world exonym for Iran until 1935, when Reza Shah formally requested that foreign governments use Iran — the name Iranians had always used domestically. Derived from the Achaemenid province Parsa (Persis in Greek). Still widely used in English and other languages in cultural and historical contexts (Persian language, Persian cuisine, Persian carpet). Many languages retain their Persia-derived form alongside or instead of Iran.

Country Projection

295 namesFamily / confidence

ایران

/Iran/

DariinAfghanistan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

ایران

/Iran/

PashtoinAfghanistan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Eýran

TurkmeninAfghanistan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irani

AlbanianinAlbania

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinAlgeria

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irão

PortugueseinAngola

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Unavailable

unknowninAntarctica

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

GuaraniinArgentina

Unknown / unavailable

Irán

SpanishinArgentina

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Պարսկաստան

/Parskastan/

ArmenianinArmenia

Pārsa / Persia historical familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinAustralia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

GermaninAustria

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

İran

AzerbaijaniinAzerbaijan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinBahamas

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

ইরান

/Iran/

BanglainBangladesh

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Іран

/Iran/

BelarusianinBelarus

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Иран

/Iran/

RussianinBelarus

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

DutchinBelgium

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinBelgium

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

GermaninBelgium

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

bjzinBelize

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

EnglishinBelize

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinBelize

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinBenin

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

ཨི་རཱན

DzongkhainBhutan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

AymarainBolivia

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

GuaraniinBolivia

Unknown / unavailable

Irán

QuechuainBolivia

Unknown / unavailable

Irán

SpanishinBolivia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

BosnianinBosnia and Herzegovina

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

CroatianinBosnia and Herzegovina

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Иран

/Iran/

SerbianinBosnia and Herzegovina

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinBotswana

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

IR

TswanainBotswana

Unknown / unavailable

Irão

PortugueseinBrazil

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

MalayinBrunei

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Иран

/Iran/

BulgarianinBulgaria

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinBurkina Faso

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinBurundi

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irani

RundiinBurundi

Unknown / unavailable

អ៊ីរ៉ង់

/Iran/

KhmerinCambodia

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Iran

EnglishinCameroon

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinCameroon

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinCanada

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinCanada

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinCentral African Republic

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iräan

SangoinCentral African Republic

Unknown / unavailable

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinChad

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinChad

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinChile

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

伊朗

/Yīlǎng/

ChineseinChina

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinColombia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinCosta Rica

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

CroatianinCroatia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinCuba

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Ιράν

/Irán/

GreekinCyprus

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

İran

TurkishinCyprus

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Írán

CzechinCzechia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SlovakinCzechia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

DanishinDenmark

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinDjibouti

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinDjibouti

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinDominican Republic

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinDR Congo

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

KongoinDR Congo

Unknown / unavailable

Irâ

LingalainDR Congo

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

Luba-LuluainDR Congo

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

SwahiliinDR Congo

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Irán

SpanishinEcuador

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinEgypt

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinEl Salvador

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinEquatorial Guinea

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irão

PortugueseinEquatorial Guinea

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinEquatorial Guinea

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinEritrea

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinEritrea

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

ኢራን

TigrinyainEritrea

Unknown / unavailable

Iraan

EstonianinEstonia

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Iran

EnglishinEswatini

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

SwatiinEswatini

Unknown / unavailable

ኢራን

/Iran/

AmharicinEthiopia

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Iran

EnglishinFalkland Islands

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinFiji

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

Fiji HindiinFiji

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

FijianinFiji

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

FinnishinFinland

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

SwedishinFinland

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinFrance

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinGabon

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinGambia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

ირანი

/Irani/

GeorgianinGeorgia

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Iran

GermaninGermany

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinGhana

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Ιράν

/Irán/

GreekinGreece

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

KalaallisutinGreenland

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinGuatemala

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinGuinea

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irão

PortugueseinGuinea-Bissau

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

Upper Guinea CriouloinGuinea-Bissau

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

EnglishinGuyana

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinHaiti

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

Haitian CreoleinHaiti

Unknown / unavailable

Irán

SpanishinHonduras

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

HungarianinHungary

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Íran

IcelandicinIceland

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinIndia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

ईरान

/Iran/

HindiinIndia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

ஈரான்

/Īrān/

TamilinIndia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

IndonesianinIndonesia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

ایران

/Iran/

PersianinIran

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinIraq

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

AramaicinIraq

Unknown / unavailable

ئێران

/Êrân/

Central KurdishinIraq

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinIreland

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

an Iaráin

IrishinIreland

Unknown / unavailable

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinIsrael

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

איראן

/Iran/

HebrewinIsrael

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

ItalianinItaly

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinIvory Coast

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinJamaica

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

Jamaican Creole EnglishinJamaica

Unknown / unavailable

イラン

/Iran/

JapaneseinJapan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinJordan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Иран

/Iran/

KazakhinKazakhstan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Иран

/Iran/

RussianinKazakhstan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinKenya

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

SwahiliinKenya

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinKuwait

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Иран

KyrgyzinKyrgyzstan

Unknown / unavailable

Иран

/Iran/

RussianinKyrgyzstan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

ອີຣ່ານ

/Iran/

LaoinLaos

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Irāna

LatvianinLatvia

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinLebanon

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinLebanon

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinLesotho

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

IR

Southern SothoinLesotho

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

EnglishinLiberia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinLibya

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iranas

LithuanianinLithuania

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Iran

FrenchinLuxembourg

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

GermaninLuxembourg

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

LuxembourgishinLuxembourg

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

FrenchinMadagascar

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

MalagasyinMadagascar

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

EnglishinMalawi

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

NyanjainMalawi

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

EnglishinMalaysia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

MalayinMalaysia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinMali

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinMauritania

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinMexico

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

RomanianinMoldova

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Иран

/Iran/

MongolianinMongolia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

MontenegrininMontenegro

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinMorocco

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

Tamazight / BerberinMorocco

Unknown / unavailable

Irão

PortugueseinMozambique

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

အီရန်

/Iran/

BurmeseinMyanmar

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Iran

AfrikaansinNamibia

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Iran

EnglishinNamibia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

GermaninNamibia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

Hai//ominNamibia

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

HereroinNamibia

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

KwangaliinNamibia

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

LoziinNamibia

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

NdongainNamibia

Unknown / unavailable

IR

TswanainNamibia

Unknown / unavailable

ईरान

/Iran/

NepaliinNepal

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

DutchinNetherlands

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinNew Caledonia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinNew Zealand

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irāna

MāoriinNew Zealand

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

New Zealand Sign LanguageinNew Zealand

Unknown / unavailable

Irán

SpanishinNicaragua

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinNiger

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinNigeria

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

이란

/Iran/

KoreaninNorth Korea

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Иран

/Iran/

MacedonianinNorth Macedonia

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Iran

Northern SamiinNorway

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

Norwegian BokmålinNorway

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

Norwegian NynorskinNorway

Unknown / unavailable

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinOman

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinPakistan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

ایران

/Iran/

UrduinPakistan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinPalestine

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinPanama

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinPapua New Guinea

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

Hiri MotuinPapua New Guinea

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

Tok PisininPapua New Guinea

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

GuaraniinParaguay

Unknown / unavailable

Irán

SpanishinParaguay

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

AymarainPeru

Unknown / unavailable

Irán

QuechuainPeru

Unknown / unavailable

Irán

SpanishinPeru

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinPhilippines

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FilipinoinPhilippines

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

PolishinPoland

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irão

PortugueseinPortugal

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinPuerto Rico

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinPuerto Rico

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinQatar

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinRepublic of the Congo

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

KongoinRepublic of the Congo

Unknown / unavailable

Irâ

LingalainRepublic of the Congo

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

RomanianinRomania

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Иран

/Iran/

RussianinRussia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinRwanda

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinRwanda

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

IR

KinyarwandainRwanda

Unknown / unavailable

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinSaudi Arabia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinSenegal

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Иран

/Iran/

SerbianinSerbia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinSierra Leone

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SlovakinSlovakia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

SlovenianinSlovenia

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Iran

EnglishinSolomon Islands

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinSomalia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iiraan

SomaliinSomalia

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

AfrikaansinSouth Africa

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Iran

EnglishinSouth Africa

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

IR

Northern SothoinSouth Africa

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

South NdebeleinSouth Africa

Unknown / unavailable

IR

Southern SothoinSouth Africa

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

SwatiinSouth Africa

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

TsongainSouth Africa

Unknown / unavailable

IR

TswanainSouth Africa

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

VendainSouth Africa

Unknown / unavailable

E-Iran

XhosainSouth Africa

Unknown / unavailable

i-Iran

ZuluinSouth Africa

Unknown / unavailable

이란

/Iran/

KoreaninSouth Korea

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinSouth Sudan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

BasqueinSpain

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

CatalaninSpain

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

glcinSpain

Unknown / unavailable

Irán

SpanishinSpain

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

ඉරානය

/Iranaya/

SinhalainSri Lanka

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

ஈரான்

/Īrān/

TamilinSri Lanka

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinSudan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinSudan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

DutchinSuriname

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

SwedishinSweden

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinSwitzerland

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

ItalianinSwitzerland

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

RomanshinSwitzerland

Unknown / unavailable

Iraan

Swiss GermaninSwitzerland

Unknown / unavailable

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinSyria

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

伊朗

/Yīlǎng/

ChineseinTaiwan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Иран

/Iran/

RussianinTajikistan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Эрон

TajikinTajikistan

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

EnglishinTanzania

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

SwahiliinTanzania

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

อิหร่าน

/Iran/

ThaiinThailand

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Irão

PortugueseinTimor-Leste

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

TetuminTimor-Leste

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

FrenchinTogo

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinTrinidad and Tobago

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinTunisia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

İran

TurkishinTurkey

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Иран

/Iran/

RussianinTurkmenistan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Eýran

TurkmeninTurkmenistan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinUganda

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

SwahiliinUganda

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Іран

/Iran/

UkrainianinUkraine

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinUnited Arab Emirates

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinUnited Kingdom

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinUnited States

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinUruguay

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Иран

/Iran/

RussianinUzbekistan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Eron

UzbekinUzbekistan

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

BislamainVanuatu

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

EnglishinVanuatu

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

FrenchinVanuatu

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Irán

SpanishinVenezuela

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

VietnameseinVietnam

Iran / Ērān endonym familymedium

Iran

Hassaniya ArabicinWestern Sahara

Unknown / unavailable

Irán

SpanishinWestern Sahara

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

Tamazight / BerberinWestern Sahara

Unknown / unavailable

إيران

/Irān/

ArabicinYemen

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

EnglishinZambia

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

ChibarweinZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

EnglishinZimbabwe

Iran / Ērān endonym familyhigh

Iran

KalangainZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

Khoisan languagesinZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

NdauinZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

North NdebeleinZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

NyanjainZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

ShonainZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable

IR

Southern SothoinZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

TongainZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

TsongainZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable

IR

TswanainZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

VendainZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable

E-Iran

XhosainZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable

Iran

Zimbabwe Sign LanguageinZimbabwe

Unknown / unavailable