Baran

Baran may refer to

• An Italian surname (archaic: Baranello)
• A Persian word meaning 'rainfall'
• A Persian given name
• A Kurdish name meaning 'rain'
• A Polish surname (archaic feminine: Baranowa, plural Baranowie)
• A Polish word for 'ram'
• A Russian word for 'ram' or 'lamb'
• A plastic divider found in prepared boxes of sushi, often resembling green grass.

Places

• Baran, Ardabil, a settlement in Iran
• Baran, Pakistan
• Baran District in the state of Rajasthan in India
• Baran, Rajasthan, a city in Baran District
• Noyemberyan, Armenia, formerly called Baran
• Baran, Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland)
• Baran, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland)

People

Given name

• Baran Duman (born 1993), Dutch soccer player
• Baran Kosari (born 1985), Iranian actress
• Baaraan Ijlal (Indian Artist)

Surname

• Bernard Baran (born 1965), subject of the documentary film Freeing Bernie Baran.
• Martin Baran (born 1988), Slovak football player
• Paul Baran (born 1926), American inventor of packet switching
• Paul A. Baran (1910-1964), American economist
• Stanisław Baran {1920–1993), Polish soccer player
• Witold Baran (born 1939), Polish middle distance runner

Arts and literature

• Baran (film), by Majid Majidi, released in 2001
• Baran (House of Bëor), a character in the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien
• Baran, a character in the anime/manga series Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken