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Bahram (name)

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Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
champion

Language(s)
  
Persian

See also
  
Vahram

Bahram or Vahram (Persian: بهرام ‎‎), variant Bahran or Vahran, (Uzbek: Баҳром, Bahrom and Tajik: Баҳром, Bahrom) meaning "smiting of resistance" or "victorious", is a Persian surname or a male Persian given name.

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Bahram means "victorious" in the Avestan language in Zoroastrianism.

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 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 Gushnasp Vahram, r. 509/514-518
  • Pantea Bahram, Iranian actress
  • Thug Behram, 19th century serial killer from the Indian Thuggee cult

    • References

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