Baran (name)

Baran or Barán is a male and female first name and family name .

Origin and meaning

The name means rain in many Iranian languages . The name occurs in Afghanistan , Iran and Turkey as well as among Kurds in Iraq and Syria .

Furthermore, Baran means in many Slavic languages, e.g. B. in Polish, ram or ram.

Name bearer

First name

• Baran bo Odar (* 1978), German director and screenwriter
• Baran Kosari (* 1985), Iranian actress
• Ram Baran Yadav (* 1948), Nepalese politician
• Baran Özdemir (* 1993), German-Turkish darts player

family name

• Adolfo Barán (* 1961), Uruguayan football player
• Agustín Barán (* 1995), Uruguayan football player
• Ali Baran (* 1956), Kurdish singer
• Annette Baran (1927–2010), American psychotherapist and social worker
• Barbara Baran-Wojnar (* 1959), Polish long jumper
• Dursun Ali Baran (* 1936), Turkish football player
• Ibrahim Baran (* 1940), Turkish zoologist
• Issi Baran (* 1927), Finnish sprinter
• Jakob Baran (* 1992), Austrian football player
• Józef Baran (* 1947), Polish poet
• Józef Baran-Bilewski (1899–1940), Polish discus thrower
• Kristina Baran (* 1967), German soprano
• Marcin Baran (* 1963), Polish poet and editor
• Nicolás Barán (* 1990), Uruguayan football player
• Paul Baran (1926–2011), American computer scientist
• Paul A. Baran (1910–1964), American economist
• Pavel Baran (* 1957), Czech lecturer at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Ostrava
• Phil Baran (* 1977), American chemist
• Primo Baran (* 1943), Italian rower
• Ria Baran (1922–1986), German figure skater
• Riza Baran (1942-2020), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
• Santiago Barán (* 1991), Uruguayan football player
• Volkan Baran (* 1978), German politician (SPD)
• Witold Baran (* 1939), Polish middle-distance runner