Varlam is both a masculine given name and a surname derived from the saint's name
Barlaam, used predominantly in
Orthodox
Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to:
Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pag ...
cultures. Notable people with the name include:
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Varlam Cherkezishvili
Varlam Cherkezishvili ( ka, ვარლამ ჩერქეზიშვილი) (15 September 1846 – 18 August 1925), also known as Warlaam Tcherkesoff or Varlam Nikolaevich Cherkezov in Russian manner, was a Georgian aristocrat and journal ...
(1846–1925), Georgian politician and journalist
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Varlam Gelovani
Prince Varlam Gelovani ( ka, ვარლამ გელოვანი; russian: Варла́м Лева́нович Гелова́ни) (April 14, 1878 – February 22, 1915) was a Georgian lawyer and politician in the Russian Empire.
Born of ...
(1878–1915), Georgian lawyer and politician
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Varlam Avanesov
Varlam Aleksandrovich Avanesov (russian: Варлаам Александрович Аванесов; born Suren Karpovich Martirosyan, Russian: ''Сурен Карпович Мартиросян''; 1884 – March 16, 1930) was an Armenian Bolsh ...
(1884–1930), Armenian Bolshevik and Soviet communist politician
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Varlam Shalamov
Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (russian: Варла́м Ти́хонович Шала́мов; 18 June 1907 – 17 January 1982), baptized as Varlaam, was a Russian writer, journalist, poet and Gulag survivor. He spent much of the period from 1 ...
(1907–1982), Russian writer, journalist and poet
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Varlam Kilasonia
Varlam Kilasonia (born 13 August 1967) is a Georgian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Liga 3 club Rustavi.
Career
As a player, Varlam Kilasonia spent 17 years in four different countries.
He started h ...
(born 1967), Georgian footballer and manager
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Claudiu Varlam (born 1975), Romanian aerobic gymnast
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Varlam Liparteliani
Varlam Liparteliani (; born 27 February 1989) is a Georgian judoka. He has won silver at Olympic and World level.
Career
He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -90 kg event and lost in the second round to Mark Anthony. At the European ...
(born 1989), Georgian judoka
See also
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Barlaam (disambiguation), the Western form
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Varlaam (disambiguation)
Varlaam is a variant of the saint's name Barlaam, used in the Orthodox churches due to the Byzantine sound shift from /b/ to /v/. A shortened form is Varlam. It may refer to:
Places Greece
* Varlaam, Greece, a village in the southern Ioannin ...
, another Eastern Orthodox form
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Varlamov, an East Slavic surname derived from ''Varlam''
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Georgian masculine given names
Masculine given names