Bagrat Explained
Bagrat
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| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | Old Persian Bagadāta, "gift of God" |
| Language: | Armenian, Georgian |
Bagrat (Armenian: [[wikt:Բագրատ|Բագրատ]], in Western Armenian pronounced as Pakrad, Georgian: [[wikt:ბაგრატ|ბაგრატ]]) is a male name popular in Armenia. It is derived from the Old Persian Bagadāta, "gift of God".[1]
The names of the Armenian Bagratuni and Georgian Bagrationi dynasties (literally, "the house of/established by Bagrat") are derived from the name.
Georgian monarchs
- Bagrat I of Iberia, Georgian prince
- Bagrat I of Mukhrani, Georgian prince
- Bagrat I of Abkhazia, Georgian king
- Bagrat I of Tao, Georgian prince
- Bagrat I of Klarjeti, Georgian prince
- Bagrat I of Imereti, Georgian king
- Bagrat II of Iberia, Georgian king
- Bagrat II of Tao, Georgian prince
- Bagrat II of Klarjeti, Georgian prince
- Bagrat III of Georgia, Georgian king
- Bagrat III of Imereti, Georgian king
- Bagrat III of Klarjeti, Georgian prince
- Bagrat IV of Imereti, Georgian king
- Bagrat IV of Georgia, Georgian king
- Bagrat V of Georgia, Georgian king
- Bagrat V of Imereti, Georgian king
- Bagrat VI of Georgia, Georgian king
- Bagrat VII of Kartli, Georgian king
Others
- Bagrat Asatryan, Armenian banker and economist
- Bagrat Galstanyan, Armenian theologian and a cleric of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Bagrat Ioannisiani, Soviet telescope designer and Armenian descent
- Bagrat Oghanian, Armenian boxer
- Bagrat Shinkuba, Abkhaz writer, poet, historian, linguist and politician
- Bagrat Ulubabyan, Armenian writer and historian
- Bagrat de Bagration y de Baviera, Prince of Georgia, Grandee of Spain
- Prince Bagrat of Georgia, son of George XII of Georgia
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Chkeidze, Thea . Encyclopaedia Iranica . Georgia v. Linguistic Contacts with Iranian Languages . X (5) . 486–490 . Ehsan Yarshater . Ehsan . Yarshater . http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/georgia-v- .
