Bagrat

Bagrat ( Armenian Բագրատ ; Georgian ბაგრატ ; Russian Баграт ) is a male given name, which is particularly common in Armenia , Georgia and Abkhazia . The name is originally derived from the Persian Bagadāta , which roughly means "gift from God". In the Middle Ages there were two important noble families with the Armenian Bagratids and the Georgian Bagratids who bore the name Bagrat.

Well-known namesake

• Bagrat I. (Kuropalat) , King of Inner Cartilia
• Bagrat I , Georgian king
• Bagrat III. , King of Abkhazia and later Georgia
• Bagrat IV , Georgian King
• Bagrat Schinkuba , Soviet-Abkhaz writer and politician
• Bagrat Ulubabjan , Armenian writer
• Bagrat Asatrjan , Armenian economist

See also

• Bagratids
• Bagrati Cathedral
• Pyotr Bagration

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chkeidze, Thea. " Georgia v. Linguistic Contacts with Iranian Languages ". In Yarshater, Ehsan. Encyclopaedia Iranica . X (5). pp. 486-490