Jihan

Jihan comes from the Persian jahan, meaning world, and shares roots with the grand imperial names Jahangir and Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal. In its softer form it landed across the Arab world as a feminine given name, most famously on Jehan Sadat, the Egyptian first lady and scholar who used the spelling Jehan on international stages. Said ji-HAHN, the second syllable carries the lift. It is unisex in reach but feminine in most modern use. Jihan feels cosmopolitan and a little old-world at once, a name that fits equally well on a diplomat, a translator, or a quiet historian.