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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) (fl. 323–363), 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)