Rostam

ROSS-tam

Persian

"tall, strongly-built, brave"

Rostam Origin and Meaning

The name Rostam is a boy's name meaning "tall, strongly-built, brave".

Used in Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, this strong-sounding name belonged to a hero in Persian legend. Its derivation is unclear, but the consensus seems to be that it relates to the hero’s great size and strength, possibly from Avestan raodha "to grow" and takhma "strong, brave, valiant".

Famous People Named Rostam

• Rostom Aramovic Alagian (1916–2009) Georgian musician
• Rustam Asildarov (born 1981) leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Caucasus Province
• Rostam Aziz (born 1960) Tanzanian politician and businessman
• Rostom Bagrationi (born 1855) Georgian nobleman
• Rostam Bastuni (1923–1994) first Israeli,Arab politician
• Rostam Batmanglij (born 1983) American music producer and multi,instrumentalist
• Rustam Effendi (1903–1979) Indonesian writer and member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
• Rostam Farrokhzād (died 636) Iranian commander who died in the battle of Qadisiyya
• Rostam Ghasemi (born 1964) Iranian military officer and politician
• Rostam Gorgani (fl. 1550) Persian physician who lived in India
• Rustam Ibragimbekov (born 1939) Azeri screenwriter and film director
• Rostom of Imereti (1571–1605) Georgian king
• Rostom of Kartli (1565 1658), Iranian,Georgian king and military general
• Rustam Kasimdzhanov (born 1979) Uzbek chess master
• Rustam Khan Khoyski (1888–1948) Azerbaijani statesman
• Rustam Khudzhamov (born 1982) Ukrainian footballer
• Rustam Khudiyev (born 1985) Kazakh swimmer
• Rostom Madatyan (1782 1829), Armenian,Russian general
• Rustam Minnikhanov (born 1957) Russian politician, current President of Tatarstan
• Rostam Mirlashari (born 1960) Iranian musician
• Rustam Rahimov (born 1979) German,Tajik boxer
• Roustam Raza (c. 1780–1845) famous bodyguard of Napoleon Bonaparte
• Rustam Khan (Saakadze) (c. 1588 – 1 March 1643) Iranian,Georgian military commander
• Rostam K. Saeed (born 1964) Kurdish mathematician and professor from Iraq
• Rustam Saidov (born 1978) Uzbek boxer
• Rustam Sharipov (born 1971) Ukrainian gymnast
• Rustam Sutan Palindih (1898–1971) Indonesian film director and writer
• Roustam Tariko (born 1962) Russian entrepreneur
• Rustam Temirgaliev (born 1976) Crimean politician
• Röstäm Yaxin (1921–1993) Russian composer and pianist
• Rustam (Haqqani network) Afghan alleged Taliban militant

Rostam in Pop Culture

• Rostam a character in the story of Sohrab and Rostam from the Shahnameh