Omid (name)
| Omid | |
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| Gender | Male |
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| Word/name | Persian |
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Omid (Persian: اُمید, also transliterated as Omead, Omeed, Omied, Umeed, or Ümit) is a common Persian male given name, meaning hope.[1][2]
Given name
- Omid 16B, Iranian-British electronic music producer
- Omid Abtahi, Iranian-American actor
- Omid Djalili, Iranian-British stand up comedian and actor
- Omid Ebrahimi, Iranian footballer
- Omid Kordestani, Iranian-American Google executive
- Omid Memarian, Iranian journalist and social activist
- Omid Namazi, Iranian-American soccer player
- Omid Nouripour, German-Iranian politician
- Omid Ravankhah, Iranian footballer
- Omid Safi, American religion academic
- Omid Tahvili, Iranian criminal
- Omid Walizadeh, American underground hip hop producer
Surname
- Ghazal Omid, Iranian-Canadian author
Other uses
- Omid, first Iranian-launched satellite, launched on February 2, 2009
- "Omid", an electronic database of human rights violations in Iran, acting as a memorial to the victims executed by the Islamic Republic since it was established in 1979.[3]
- "Omid", a song on Thievery Corporation's album The Richest Man in Babylon
References
- ↑ http://www.iranrights.org/english/memorial.php Boroumand Foundation: Omid, a memorial in defense of human rights
- ↑ http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/antisemitism/voices/transcript/?content=20070607 Voices on Antisemitism Interview with Ladan Boroumand
- ↑ http://www.iranrights.org/english/memorial.php
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