Barlaam
Barlaam was originally the name of a Christian saint, St. Barlaam, in a legend of Indian origin where he was a companion to St. Josaphat. It may also refer to:
- Barlaam of Kiev, saint in the Russian Orthodox Church in the 11th century
- Barlaam of Khutyn (died 1192), Russian saint
- Barlaam of Seminara (c. 1290–1348), Italian scholar and theologian, notable as an opponent of Gregory Palamas
- Barlaam (Shyshatsky) (1750–1820), defrocked Archbishop of Mogilev and Vitebsk
See also
- Balaam (disambiguation),
- Varlaam (disambiguation), Orthodox version of the name, due to the Byzantine sound shift from /b/ to /v/
- Varlam, variant of the above
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