Manuchehr, Manuchar, Manuchihr, or Manouchehr (Persian: منوچهر, Manūčehr, Old Persian: Manōčihr, Avestan: 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, mythical hero from Shahnameh.
• Manuchehr I, Manuchehr II and Manuchehr III, the 11th, 17th and 19th shahs of medieval Shirvan
• Manuchihr, king of Ziyarids
• Manuchehr Eliasi, 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, Persian poet
• Manouchehr Eghbal, Prime Minister of Iran
• Manouchehr Ganji, Iranian politician
• Manouchehr Khan Gorji, Iranian official
• Manouchehr Mahamadi, Iranian film producer
• Manouchehr Mottaki, Iranian Government Minister
• Manouchehr Yektai, Iranian-American painter

Manuchekhr

• Manuchekhr Dzhalilov, Tajik football player

Manuchar

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

• Manuchar I Dadiani, Georgian prince
• Manuchar II Jaqeli, Georgian noble
• Manuchar III Jaqeli, Georgian noble
• Manuchar, Prince of Abkhazia, prince of the Principality of Abkhazia
• Manuchar Kvirkvelia, Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler
• Manuchar Machaidze, Georgian footballer
• Manuchar Markoishvili, Georgian basketballer
• Manuchar Tskhadaia, Georgian wrestler

As a surname

(used mainly in Armenian surnames)

• Armen Manucharyan, Armenian footballer
• Ashot Manucharyan, Armenian teacher
• Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer
• Nina Manucharyan, Armenian film actress

Name list

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