Gender:
Origin:
Persian
25 famous people named Banu found on Wikipedia.
7 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
12598-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
12598-th in year 2018
Used in: Persian, Turkish
Banu (Persian: بانو bânu), is a Persian name for girls used in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan and India. While in Afghanistan it translates to "lady", "princess" or "bride". in India it roughly translates to "little sister". In Turkey, it is a popular female name that refers to the original Persian word. Banu also apparently means "rays from the sun" in Telugu.
Notable figures, people, and institutions named Banu include:
Banu Khorramdin, Babak Khorramdin's wife and companion who fought against the Abbasid Caliphate's Muslim conquest of Persia in ancient Iran (Persia).
Arjumand Banu Begum, Shah Jahan's wife, for whom he built Taj Mahal
Banu-yi Mısr (literally, Banu of Egypt), another name for Zulaikha, Potiphar's wife
Shahrbanu, eldest daughter of Yazdegerd III, the last Emperor of Sassanid Persia and mother of the fourth Shiite imam, Ali ibn Husayn
Saira Banu, a Bollywood actress of the 1960s
Shah Bano
Bhanupriya, an actress from south India
Banu, a South Indian makeup artist
Banu, a south Indian film actress introduced in the film Thamiraparani
Banu, the female side of the deity Barmnu-Banu, a discordian-chaos magick good luck god/goddess
Means: lady, princess, bride, little sister in Persian.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Saira Banu | 1944 | Indian actress |
2 | Shaheen Banu | Indian actor | |
3 | Naseem Banu | 1916 | Hindi film actress |
4 | Rahima Banu | 1973 | Last known smallpox victim |
5 | Banu Alkan | 1959 | Turkish actress |
6 | Banu Avar | 1955 | Turkish writer |
7 | Banu Güven | 1969 | Turkish journalist |
8 | Banu Khorramdin | 0795 | Persian freedom fighter |
9 | Banu Taviloğlu | 1974 | |
10 | Constantin Banu | 1873 | Romanian writer, journalist and politician |
11 | Grace Banu | Dalit activist and first transgender woman to attend computer science university program in Tamil Nadu | |
12 | Banu Kuday | Turkish actress | |
13 | Gheorghe Banu | 1889 | |
14 | Banu Onaral | Biomedical engineer | |
15 | Gulzar Banu | 1963 | Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation |
16 | Iksaka Banu | 1964 | |
17 | Florentin Banu | 1967 | Romanian businessman |
18 | Banu | Indian makeup artist working in Tamil cinema | |
19 | Ibn Banu | ||
20 | Banu Cennetoğlu | ||
21 | Ion Banu | 1913 | |
22 | Georges Banu | 1943 | French writer |
23 | Leila Arjumand Banu | 1929 | |
24 | Banu Rădulescu | 1924 | |
25 | Banu Subramaniam |