Bahram (name)

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 name.

Bahram means "victorious" in Middle Persian and Avestan.

Given name[]

• one of the Sassanid kings by that name:
  • Bahrām I, r. 273-276
  • Bahrām II, r. 276-293
  • Bahrām III, r. 293
  • Bahrām IV, r. 388–399
  • Bahrām V Gōr, r. 421–438
  • Bahrām VI Čōbīn, r. 590-591
• Bahram Khan, 14th-century governor based in Bengal
• Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan, 16th-century Bengali poet and Vizier of Chittagong
• Bahram Beizai, Iranian film director
• Bahram Radan, Iranian film actor
• Bahram Nouraei, Iranian musician

Surname[]

• Ardashir II, r. 379–383, who also went by the name 'Ardashir Vahram'
• Armenian king , r. 509/514-518
• Pantea Bahram, Iranian actress
• Thug Behram, 19th century serial killer from the Indian Thuggee cult
• Valon Behrami, Swiss footballer

See also[]

• Bihram, a Mandaean celestial being and given name
• Vahrām
• Varanes (disambiguation)

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