Name Breakdown
Zamannejad = Zaman (time, era, age) + Nejad (lineage)
زماننژاد
Meaning
Zamannejad (زماننژاد) is a Persian compound surname: Zaman, meaning "time, era, age," combined with Nejad (نژ��د), meaning "lineage" or "origin." Together: of time's lineage — enduring across ages. Like most Iranian family names, it was adopted during the surname registration reforms under Reza Shah in the 1920s, when all Iranians were required to choose a fixed hereditary family name.
Zaman means "time" or "era." Zamannejad claims a family that has endured across time — a lineage not defined by a single quality but by persistence through the ages.
The -Nejad Tradition
The suffix -nejad appears in hundreds of Iranian surnames, each combining a quality, name, or concept with the idea of ancestral lineage. This naming pattern reflects a deeply Persian understanding of identity: who we are is shaped by where we come from. Every -nejad surname is a genealogical statement, claiming an ancestral quality as a living inheritance.