Quote Originally Posted by athanaric View Post
Sure. Dareios (Darayava'uš, from daraya- and *vahu-) means "preserving good", i.e. "Keeper of Good" (for lack of a stronger word).
Xerxes (Xšaya-ŗšan-) means "ruling over heroes", i.e. "Lord of Heroes".
Artaxerxes (Ŗta-xšaça-) means "governing through (?) truthfulness", i.e. something along the lines of "Truthful King". (The first Artaxerxes had problems with his legitimacy IIRC).

Other Teispids and Achaemenids had names that made sense too, but I don't know if these were throne names.
Well I go to bed tonight more educated than when I woke this morning. For your knowledge, sir!