Parvīz
Parvēz, Pērvaz, Parviz or Parvīs, is a Persian male given name, mostly popular in Iran, Central Asia, South Asia and among Azeris. It is also a very common surname.
Parvēz, Parvez, Parvīz, Parwez, Parwiz, Pervaiz, Pervaz, Pervez, Perviz, Parvase, or Purvez are usually the same name but with different spellings. Furthermore, pronunciation between these different spellings are generally extremely similar or identical. All of these are ultimately derived from the Middle Persian name Feroz, of which
there are many variations, such as Piruz, Phiroze, Feroze, etc.
Given name
Notable people who have this given name include:- Parviz , the twenty-second Sassanid King of Persia also known as Khosrow Parviz or Khosrow "The Victorious One" or "The Undefeatable".
- Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi, the former Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force
- Parvez Butt, Pakistani nuclear engineer and former chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission 2001–2006
- Parvez Hossain Emon, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Parvez Imroz, human rights lawyer and a civil rights activist in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir
- Parvis Emad, Iranian-American philosopher
- Parvez Qadir, British actor
- Parvez Sharma, Indian film director
- Parviz Abnar, sound recordist
- Parviz Fannizadeh, Iranian actor
- Parviz Ghelichkhani, footballer
- Parviz Mazloumi, football manager
- Parviz Meshkatian, Iranian Musician
- Parviz Moin, physicist
- Parviz Natel-Khanlari, professor
- Parviz Nouri, Iranian movie critic, screenwriter, and director
- Pierre Omidyar , entrepreneur and founder of eBay
- Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor
- Parviz Sayyad, Iranian actor
- Parviz Sobirov, Tajikistani judoka
- Parviz Tanavoli, Iranian contemporary artist and sculptor
- Parviz Nasibov, Azerbaijani-born Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
- Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani professor of nuclear physics
- Pervez Kambaksh, journalist
- Pervez Jamil Mir, Pakistani TV anchorperson
- Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army
- Pervez Khattak, former Defence Minister of Pakistan and Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Parviz Koozehkanani, Iranian footballer
- Pervez Sajjad, former Pakistani cricketer
- Pervez Taufiq, songwriter and lead singer for band Living Syndication
- Parvez Haris, Bangladeshi scientist
- Parvez Hossain Emon, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Parvej Musaraf, Indian-Bengali cricketer
- Parvez Diniar, Indian basketballer
- Haji Parvej Ahmad, Indian politician
- Parvez Aziz, Indian-Bengali cricketer
- Parvez Sultan, Indian-Bengali cricketer
- Parvez Ahmed, Indian-Bengali cricketer
Middle name
- Arman Parvez Murad, Bangladeshi television and film actor
- Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, previous Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, former candidate for Prime Minister of Pakistan and former Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan
- Imran Pervez Awan, Pakistani born American cricketer
- Mustafa Anwar Parvez Babu, Bangladeshi football coach
- Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Raja Nadir Pervez Khan, Pakistani politician
- Shahid Parvez Khan, Sitar player of Hindustani Classical Music
- Muhammad Parviz Mirza, second son of Mughal emperor Jahangir
- Muhammad Parvez Gangua, Bangladeshi film actor
- Zahid Parvez Chowdhury, Bangladeshi footballer
Surname
- Ahmed Pervez, Pakistani modernist painter
- Ansar Pervaiz, Pakistani nuclear scientist, current chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
- Anwar Pervez, British businessman
- Aqsa Parvez, victim of an alleged "honour killing" in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Arshad Pervez, Pakistani cricketer
- Fariha Pervez, Pakistani musician
- Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, Islamic scholar
- Imran Parvez, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Masud Parvez , Bangladeshi film actor, director and producer
- Masum Parvez , Bangladeshi film actor, director and producer
- Murad Parvez, Bangladeshi film and television director
- Saleem Pervez, Pakistani cricketer
- Tariq Pervez, Pakistani policeman, director-general of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency
- Yunus Parvez, Bollywood character actor
- Zeeshan Parwez, Pakistani musician