Save Type Settlement Usage Persian, English Scripts تهران(Persian) Pronounced Pron. tehh-RAWN(Persian) teh-RAN(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Persian تهران (Tehran), meaning unknown. This is the name of the capital city of Iran. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesTahran(Arabic) Teheran(Croatian) Teheran(Danish) Teheran(Dutch) Teheran(Finnish) Téhéran(French) Teheran(German) Teheran(Italian) Teheran(Norwegian) Teheran(Polish) Teheran(Romanian) Teheran(Serbian) Teheran(Swedish) Tahran(Turkish) Surname DescendantTehrani(Persian) Categories national capitals