Behram
/bɛˈrɑːm/noun
A personal name used chiefly in Persian, Indian, and Zoroastrian contexts.
Did you know?Behram is a later form of Bahrām, the Middle Persian name associated with the Zoroastrian yazata Vərəθraγna, a divine embodiment of victory who could appear in multiple powerful forms.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Proto-Indo-Iranian
*Vṛtraghanas
“A destroyer or smiter of resistance; the reconstructed source of the divine name”
Ancient Iranian
Avestan
Vərəθraγna
“A yazata associated with victory and the overcoming of opposition”
Ancient Persian
Old Persian
Vṛθragna
“The Iranian victory deity, represented in royal and military religious contexts”
Late Antiquity
Middle Persian
Warahrān / Bahrām
“The name of the victory deity and a personal name used in the Sasanian world”
Medieval Persian
Persian
Bahrām
“A masculine given name; also the Persian astrological name for Mars”
Modern English
English
Behram
“A transliterated personal name, especially associated with Persian, Indian, and Zoroastrian communities”
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