Bahram

Bahram is the Persian form of Verethragna, the Zoroastrian divinity of victory, and by extension the name given to the planet Mars. Six Sasanian kings bore it, most famously Bahram V, the hunter-king of Persian poetry whose exploits fill whole chapters of the Shahnameh. The name arrives in two assured beats, bah-RAHM, with a final consonant that clips cleanly. Rendered بهرام in Persian script, it remains in steady use in Iran while staying nearly unknown in English-speaking countries. Bahram is mythic without being heavy, a warrior name that still sounds at home in a city.