Goran (Kurdish name)

This article is about the Kurdish name. For the Slavic name, see Goran (Slavic name). For the Swedish name, see Göran. For other uses, see Goran (disambiguation).
Goran
PronunciationGô•rân
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameKurdish
MeaningGoran Region, music, mountains
Region of originKurdistan
Other names
Related namesGuran, Gûran

Goran (also Gûran) (Kurdish: گۆران) is a Kurdish name commonly used for males in the geographical region of Kurdistan and by Kurdish people worldwide. The name is also sometimes a surname.

Goran is not to be confused with the Kurdish word, Gorran, which means Change and is also the name of a Kurdish political faction in Iraq.