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Thanks for all the pointers. How common are Persian names among Indian Zoroastrians? There was a recent thread by an Iranian historian on how Achaemenid king names were forgotten in Iran. Is Proshat a common name? <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parysatis> among Indian Parsis?

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Umm, I’d say Zoroastrian names (or ancient Persian names) are very common.

It’s not clear to me that any modern “Persian” names are even similar.

If you’d like a list: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Zoroastriani.... But note while my name is unchanged from the list many of them can be variations. For example, “Farman” is not a modern name. The variation “Farhan” is extremely common. So small things like that.

Cyrus is a fairy popular name. And I know a Darius too. Never heard of a Proshat though.

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