Bahram (Persian: بهرام), also spelled Behram or Vahram, is a masculine Persian given name of Iranian origin. It derives from the name of the ancient Iranian deity of victory, Avestan Vərəθraγna, through Middle Persian Warahrān and Wahrām. The underlying Iranian word originally conveyed the sense of "smiting resistance", and hence "victorious" or "victory".
The Middle Persian form Wahrām (also Warahrān; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭) was the name of the Zoroastrian divinity Verethragna, the personification of victory. In Middle Persian astronomical and astrological usage, Wahrām was also the name of the planet Mars.
Variants of the name include Uzbek and Tajik Bahrom (Uzbek: Баҳром; Tajik: Баҳром).
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Given name
Bahram, a figure in the Shahnameh
Bahram I (died 274), Sasanian king
Bahram II (died 293), Sasanian king
Bahram III, Sasanian king
Bahram IV (died 399), Sasanian king
Bahram V (c. 400–438), Sasanian king
Bahram Chobin (died 591), Sasanian military commander and ruler
Bahram VII (died 710)
Bahram Gushnasp, 6th-century Sasanian military commander
Bahram-i Mah Adhar, 6th-century Sasanian official
Bahram ibn Ardashir al-Majusi (died 986), Buyid official
Bahram ibn Mafinna, 11th-century Buyid vizier
Bahram ibn Shahriyar (died 1122), Bavandid prince
Bahram al-Da'i, 12th-century Nizari Ismaili leader in Syria
Bahram al-Armani (died 1140), Fatimid vizier
Bahram Khan (died 1337), governor in Bengal
Bahram Beg (died 1501), Shirvanshah
Bahram Mirza Safavi (1517–1549), Safavid prince
Bahram Mirza (died 1882), Qajar prince
Bahram Alivandi (1928–2012), Iranian-born Austrian artist
Bahram Akasheh (1936–2025), Iranian geophysicist and seismologist
Bahram Beyzai (1938–2025), Iranian film director and playwright
Bahram Radan (born 1979), Iranian actor
Bahram Nouraei (born 1988), Iranian musician
Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan, Bengali poet and vizier
Surname
Pantea Bahram (born 1970), Iranian actress
Related forms
Ardashir II, also known as Ardashir Vahram
Muiz ud din Bahram (1212–1242), Sultan of Delhi
Valon Behrami (born 1985), Swiss footballer