Banu


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

Meanings

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.

Famous People: 25 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
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