Bahram (name) explained
| Bahram |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | champion |
| Language: | Persian |
| See also: | Vahram |
Bahram or Vahram or Behram (Persian: بهرام), variant Bahran or Vahran (Uzbek: '''Баҳром''', '''Bahrom''' and Tajik: '''Баҳром''', '''Bahrom''') meaning "smiting of resistance" or "victorious", is a Persian male given name.
The older form is Vahrām (Pahlavi: , in Latin: Varrames), also spelled Wahrām, literally meaning "smiting of resistance" or "victorious". It is the name of several prominent figures in pre-Islamic Persia.
In the Pahlavi language (Middle Persian), Bahram is another name of the Zoroastrian divinity Verethragna in Avestan language, that is the hypostasis of victory and represents the planet Mars.
Given name
- Bahram, one of the sons of Goudarz in Iranian mythology
- Sassanid kings:
- Bahram Gushnasp, 6th-century Sassanid military commander
- Bahram-i Mah Adhar, 6th-century Sassanid official
- Bahram ibn Ardashir al-Majusi, 10th-century Buyid official
- Bahram ibn Mafinna, 11th-century Buyid vizier
- Vahram Pahlavouni (died 1046), Armenian army commander
- Vahram Sargsyan (born 1981), Armenian composer
- Bahram ibn Shahriyar (died 1122), Bavandid prince
- Bahram al-Da'i, 12th-century leader of the Order of Assassins in Syria
- Bahram al-Armani, Fatimid vizier from 1135 to 1137
- Bahram Khan, 14th-century governor based in Bengal
- Bahram Beg, Shah of Shirvan from 1500 to 1501
- Bahram Mirza Safavi (1517-1549), Safavid prince and official
- Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan, 16th-century Bengali poet and Vizier of Chittagong
- Bahram Mirza (died 1882), Qajar prince and official
- Bahram Beyzai (born 1938), Iranian film director
- Bahram Radan (born 1979), Iranian film actor
- Bahram Nouraei (born 1988), Iranian musician
- Bakhrom Yakubov (1961–2021), Uzbek film director and screenwriter.
Surname
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