 The name of Narseh is known in other languages as; ; Syriac "Nrsy"; "Narsi"; Armenian "Nerseh"; Coptic "Narsaph", as well as "Narseos".Narseh seems to have been the youngest son of Shapur I, being born between 228-233 during the reign of his grandfather Ardashir I ().Narseh is quoted in an inscription by his father Shapur I as the governor of the eastern Sasanian provinces of Sindh, Sakastan and Turan.