# Yazdegerd (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yazdegerd/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “made by god” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Yazdgerd, Yazdigird, Yazdagerd, Yazdagird, Yazdegird, Yazdekert, Yazdikert, Yazdakert, Yazdkert, Yazdekirt, Yazdikirt, Yazdakirt |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭫𐭲𐭩 (yzdklty) / Middle Persian 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩 (Yazdegerd, Yazdgird, literally “made by God”), from 𐭩𐭦𐭣 (Yazd) + 𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩 (-gird, -kirt).

## What it means

Yazdegerd is grouped under god.

## In other languages

- Arabic: يَزْدَجِرْد
- Armenian: Հազկերտ
- Georgian: იეზდიგერდ
- Greek: Ισδιγέρδης
- Hebrew: יַזְדְגֶרְד
- Latin: Isdegerdes, Isdegerdus
- Russian: Йездегерд, Йездигерд

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.