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 (Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭, 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.
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Given name
Bahram, one of the sons of Goudarz in Iranian mythology
Sassanid kings:
Bahrām I (died 274)
Bahrām II (died 293)
Bahrām III
Bahrām IV (died 399)
Bahrām V Gōr (400–438)
Bahrām VI Čōbīn (died 591)
Bahram VII (died 710)
Bahram Alivandi (1928–2012) Iranian-born Austrian visual artist
Bahram Gushnasp, 6th-century Sassanid military commander
Bahram-i Mah Adhar, 6th-century Sassanid official
Bahram ibn Ardashir al-Majusi (died 986), 10th-century Buyid official
Bahram ibn Mafinna, 11th-century Buyid vizier
Bahram ibn Shahriyar (died 1122), Bavandid prince
Bahram al-Da'i, 12th-century leader of the Order of Assassins in Syria
Bahram al-Armani (died 1140), Fatimid vizier from 1135 to 1137
Bahram Khan (died 1337), 14th-century governor based in Bengal
Bahram Beg (died 1501), Shah of Shirvan from 1500 to 1501
Bahram Mirza Safavi (1517–1549), Safavid prince and official
Bahram Mirza (died 1882), Qajar prince and official
Bahram Akasheh (1936–2025), Iranian geophysicist and seismologist
Bahram Beyzai (1938–2025), Iranian film director and playwright
Bahram Nouraei (born 1988), Iranian musician
Bahram Radan (born 1979), Iranian film actor
Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan, 16th-century Bengali poet and Vizier of Chittagong
Surname
Ardashir II or Ardashir Vahram (309/10–383), Sasanian king of Iran
Muiz ud din Bahram (1212–1242), sixth sultan of Delhi
Pantea Bahram (born 1970), Iranian actress
Valon Behrami (born 1985), Swiss footballer