Bagrat (Armenian: Բագրատ, in Western Armenian pronounced as Pakrad, Georgian: ბაგრატ) is a male name popular in Armenia. It is derived from the Old Persian Bagadāta, "gift of God".[1]
Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Armenian, Georgian |
Origin | |
Meaning | Old Persian Bagadāta, "gift of God" |
The names of the Armenian Bagratuni and Georgian Bagrationi dynasties (literally, "the house of/established by Bagrat") are derived from the name.
Georgian monarchs
edit- Bagrat I of Iberia, Georgian prince
- Bagrat I of Mukhrani, Georgian prince
- Bagrat I of Abkhazia, Georgian king
- Bagrat I of Tao, Georgian prince
- Bagrat I of Klarjeti, Georgian prince
- Bagrat I of Imereti, Georgian king
- Bagrat II of Iberia, Georgian king
- Bagrat II of Tao, Georgian prince
- Bagrat II of Klarjeti, Georgian prince
- Bagrat III of Georgia, Georgian king
- Bagrat III of Imereti, Georgian king
- Bagrat III of Klarjeti, Georgian prince
- Bagrat IV of Imereti, Georgian king
- Bagrat IV of Georgia, Georgian king
- Bagrat V of Georgia, Georgian king
- Bagrat V of Imereti, Georgian king
- Bagrat VI of Georgia, Georgian king
- Bagrat VII of Kartli, Georgian king
Others
edit- Bagrat Asatryan, Armenian banker and economist
- Bagrat Galstanyan, Armenian theologian and a cleric of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Bagrat Ioannisiani, Soviet telescope designer and Armenian descent
- Bagrat Oghanian, Armenian boxer
- Bagrat Shinkuba, Abkhaz writer, poet, historian, linguist and politician
- Bagrat Ulubabyan, Armenian writer and historian
- Bagrat de Bagration y de Baviera, Prince of Georgia, Grandee of Spain
- Prince Bagrat of Georgia, son of George XII of Georgia
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Chkeidze, Thea. "Georgia v. Linguistic Contacts with Iranian Languages". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopaedia Iranica. Vol. X (5). pp. 486–490.