Hormizd (sometimes spelled Hormuzd and Graecized Hormisdas or Ormisdas) is an Iranian name derived from the name of the god Ahura Mazda. It may refer to:

Any of the several kings and members of the Sasanian dynasty of Persia:

  • Hormizd I (272–273), Sasanian king
  • Hormizd II (302–310), Sasanian king
  • Hormizd III (457–459), Sasanian king
  • Hormizd IV (579–590), Sasanian king
  • Hormizd V (593), Sasanian king
  • Hormizd VI (631–632), Sasanian king
  • Hormozd (Sassanian general) (633)
  • Hormizd (son of Hormizd II) (), defected and fled to Constantinople
  • Hormizd of Sakastan, Sasanian prince
  • Hormizd I Kushanshah (270–295), ruler of the east of the Sasanian empire
  • Hormizd II Kushanshah (295–300), ruler of the east of the Sasanian empire

Other people with the name Hormizd or Hormisdas:

  • Pope Hormisdas (c. 450 – 523), bishop of Rome
  • Hormizd the Martyr (d. c. 420), saint
  • Rabban Hormizd, 7th century Persian saint
  • Yohannan Hormizd (1760–1838), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
  • Hormuzd Rassam (1826–1910), Assyrian assyriologist
  • Hormazd Narielwalla (born 1979), Indian-born collage artist
  • Hormasji Maneckji Seervai (1906–1996), Indian lawyer
  • Hormasji Kanga (1880–1945), Indian cricketer
  • Hormasji Vajifdar (1894–1961), Indian cricketer
  • Hormusjee Naorojee Mody (1838–1911), Indian businessman in Hong Kong
  • Naval Hormusji Tata (1904–1989), Indian businessman
  • Noshir Hormasji Antia (1922–2007), Indian plastic surgeon
  • Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw (1914–2008), Field Marshal of the Indian Army

Other uses:

  • Rabban Hormizd Monastery, an ancient monastery in Iraq
  • Mar Hormiz Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Angamaly
  • Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople, sometimes called the Hormisdas Palace after the son of Hormizd II
  • Khurdad (son of Hurmuzd-Afarid), Persian student in Constantinople

See also

  • Hormuz (disambiguation)
  • Hurmuz (disambiguation)