Baran (pronounced bu-run) is a given name in Persian and Kurdish, which means "rain". The name has romantic connotations since rain is so rare in the Middle East.

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• Arkadiusz Baran (born 1979), Polish footballer
• Bernard Baran (1965–2014), American child care worker convicted and later exonerated of sex abuse
• Hanna Arsenych-Baran (1970–2021), Ukrainian prose writer, novelist and poet
• İbrahim Halil Baran (born 1981), Kurdish poet, politician, writer, and desinger
• İlhan Baran (born 1934), Turkish composer
• Martin Baran (born 1988), Slovak football player
• Paul Baran (1926–2011), American inventor of packet switching
• Paul A. Baran (1909–1964), American economist
• Phil S. Baran (born 1977), American chemist
• Radosław Baran (born 1989), Polish wrestler
• Robert Baran (born 1992), Polish wrestler
• Serhat Baran (born 1974), Kurdish ethno-rock musician
• Stanisław Baran (1920–1993), Polish football player
• Witold Baran (1939–2020), Polish middle-distance runner
• Zeyno Baran (born 1972), Turkish-born American scholar and journalist

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• Beran (surname), Czech variant of the surname

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