Baran is a girl's name of Persian origin meaning “rain.” In 2024 it was given to 7 girls in the United States.
Baran at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Persian
Meaning
“rain”
About the name Baran
Baran belongs to the Persian tradition. Its meaning — “rain” — is the sense carried by its Persian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Baran first appears in Social Security records in 2010. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #10373 in 2020, and in 2024 7 babies received the name — 89 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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