 The name of Yazdegerd is a combination of the Old Iranian "yazad yazata"- "divine being" and "-karta" "made", and thus stands for "God-made", comparable to Iranian "Bagkart" and Greek "Theoktistos".The name of Yazdegerd is known in other languages as; Pahlavi "Yazdekert"; New Persian "Yazd(e)gerd"; Syriac "Yazdegerd", "Izdegerd", and "Yazdeger"; Armenian "Yazdkert"; Talmudic "Izdeger" and "Azger"; Arabic "Yazdeijerd"; Greek "Isdigerdes".In 438, shah Bahram V () died, and was succeeded by Yazdegerd II.