Baran
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Baran may refer to:
- Baran District in the Rajasthan state of India.
- A Persian word meaning 'to rain' in English
- A Persian name
- A Kurdish name meaning 'to rain' in English
- A Polish surname, (archaic feminine: Baranowa, plural Baranowie), one of the most common surnames in Poland and third most common in Subcarpathia (8,022).
- Baran, a film by Majid Majidi, released in 2001.
- A member of the House of Bëor in the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien; see Baran (House of Bëor).
- Bernard Baran - accused child care sexual abuser, but about whom significant doubt exists.
- Paul Baran - inventor of packet switching
- Paul A. Baran - economist
- Russian word for 'ram' or 'lamb' in English