Kusan 850 KZ, mutanen ƙauyuka na asali waɗanda suka fara daular sun kira kansu da Parsa da yankinsu na yau da kullum na Parsu, saboda yawancin yankunan da ke kusa da Persis.Sunan "Persia" furcin Helenanci da Latin na asalin kalmar yana nufin ƙasar mutanen da suka samo asali daga Farisa.Kalmar Farisa Xšāça, a zahiri tana nufin "Mulkin", an yi amfani da ita wajen nufin Daular da ƙasarsu ta duniya ta kafa.Farisawa makiyaya ne suka kirkiro daular Achaemenid.Farisawa al'ummar Iran ne da suka isa abin da yake a yau Iran c.1000 KZ kuma ya zauna a wani yanki ciki har da arewa maso yammacin Iran, tsaunin Zagros da Farisa tare da 'yan Elam na asali.Asalinsu Farisa makiyaya ne makiyaya a yankin yammacin Plateau na Iran.Wataƙila Daular Achaemenid ba ita ce daular Iran ta farko ba, kamar yadda Mediya, wata ƙungiya ta al'ummar Iran, ta yiwu ta kafa daula na ɗan gajeren lokaci lokacin da suka taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen hambarar da Assuriyawa.Daular Achaemeniya ta ari suna daga kakan Cyrus Mai Girma, wanda ya kafa daular, Achaemenes.Kalmar Achaemenid tana nufin "dangin Achaemenis/Achaemenes".Achaemenes shi kansa ɗan ƙaramin sarki ne na ƙarni na bakwai na Anshan a kudu maso yammacin Iran, kuma bawan Assuriya.