Bahram
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- bah-RAHM
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Bahram is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “smiting of resistance”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Bahram mean?
Persian: Middle Persian form of Avestan Verethraghna, the god of victory
“smiting of resistance”
Bahram V, known as Bahram Gur, was a Sasanian king celebrated in Persian poetry as a great hunter.
Is Bahram a girl's or a boy's name?
Bahram is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bahram in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Bahram, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2008, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Bahram in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Names like Bahram
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Umar, Hamza, Raheem, Amir, Zayaan, Zayd, Arham, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Hakeem
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bahram: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bahram, updated 20 October 2026.