Bahram (name)
Bahram or Vahram or Behram, variant Bahran or Vahran, 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 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
- Valon Behrami, Swiss footballer
