📖 Über Rustom
Rustom ist eine Variante des altpersischen Namens Rostam, dem sagenhaften Helden aus Ferdousis Nationalepos Schahname, dessen Name aus altiranischen Wurzeln stammt und 'groß' und 'mächtig' bedeutet. Seit über tausend Jahren mit unübertroffener Kampfkraft und heroischem Schicksal verbunden, lebt der Name in persischen, parsischen und zentralasiatischen Kulturen fort — als Rustam in Usbekistan und Tadschikistan und als Rostam in Iran und Afghanistan.
📍 Details
- HerkunftPersian
- Geschlecht♂ Männlich
- BedeutungVariant of Rostam. Tall, strong, mighty
🔀 Varianten & Verwandte Namen
⭐ Berühmte Persönlichkeiten
- Rostam (legendary) — The supreme hero of Persian mythology and central protagonist of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, celebrated for his Seven Labors, his invincibility in battle, and the tragic story of unknowingly slaying his son Sohrab — a narrative that has shaped Persian literature, art, and naming culture for a thousand years.
- Rustom Pavri — Parsi-Indian cricketer who represented India in Test matches during the 1930s, one of the pioneering figures of Indian Test cricket and a member of the close-knit Parsi sporting community that helped establish cricket in the subcontinent.
- Rustam Nazarov — Tajik statesman who served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, one of the prominent public figures in post-Soviet Central Asia bearing this classically Persian name.
- Rustam Mirzayev — Uzbek judoka who competed internationally, representing the long tradition of athletic achievement associated with bearers of this name across Central Asia.