Bahram

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Persian, Persian Mythology

Scripts بهرام(Persian)

Pronounced Pron. /bæh.ˈɾɒːm/(Persian)

Meaning & History

Modern Persian form of Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀 (Vərəthraghna) meaning "victory over resistance". This was the name of a Zoroastrian god (one of the Amesha Spenta) associated with victory and war. It was also borne by several Sasanian emperors. It is also the Persian name for the planet Mars.