Baran (name)

Baran (pronounced bu-run) is a given name in Persian and Kurdish, which means "rain". The name has romantic connotations since rain is so rare in the Middle East.

Surname

• Arkadiusz Baran (born 1979), Polish footballer
• Bernard Baran (1965–2014), American child care worker convicted and later exonerated of sex abuse
• Hanna Arsenych-Baran (1970–2021), Ukrainian prose writer, novelist and poet
• İbrahim Halil Baran (born 1981), Kurdish poet, politician, writer, and designer
• İlhan Baran (born 1934), Turkish composer
• Martin Baran (born 1988), Slovak football player
• Paul Baran (1926–2011), American inventor of packet switching
• Paul A. Baran (1909–1964), American economist
• Phil S. Baran (born 1977), American chemist
• Radosław Baran (born 1989), Polish wrestler
• Robert Baran (born 1992), Polish wrestler
• Serhat Baran (born 1974), Kurdish ethno-rock musician
• Stanisław Baran (1920–1993), Polish football player
• Witold Baran (1939–2020), Polish middle-distance runner
• Zeyno Baran (born 1972), Turkish-born American scholar and journalist

Given name

First name

• Baran Kosari (born 1985), Iranian actress
• Baran Mogultay (born 2004), German football player
• Baran bo Odar (born 1978), German film and TV director and screenwriter
• Baran Süzer, Turkish businessman
• Baran bölükbaşı, Turkish Actor

Middle name

• Sezgin Baran Korkmaz (born 1977), Turkish businessman

See also

• All pages with titles containing Baran
• Beran (surname), Czech variant of the surname