Behnam

This article is about the Persian name. For historical building, see Behnam House. For Assyrian saint and martyr, see Saint Behnam.

Behnam

Pronunciation	Bih'nɑ:m
Gender	masculine
Origin
Word/name	Persian
Meaning	Honorable, distinguished, reputable, acclaimed
Region of origin	Persia

Behnam (Persian: بهنام) is an Iranian / Persian masculine given name or family name, which translates as "distinguished, honorable, reputable, or acclaimed".

The name is composed of two parts: bih (به, meaning "good" or "best") and nâm (نام, meaning "name or reputation").

Given name

• Behnam Abolghasempour (born 1973), Iranian football player
• Behnam Abu Alsoof (1931–2012), Iraqi Assyriologist, anthropologist, historian and writer
• Behnam Afas (born 1934), Iraqi-New Zealander author and researcher
• Behnam Afsheh (born 1983), Iranian footballer
• Behnam Asbaghi (born 1986), Iranian taekwondo practitioner
• Behnam Barzay (born 1993), Iranian footballer
• Behnam Behzadi (born 1972), Iranian director, screenwriter, editor and producer
• Behnam Beyranvand, Iranian footballer
• Behnam Ehsanpour (born 1992), Iranian wrestler
• Behnam Khosroshahi (born 1989), Iranian cyclist
• Behnam Mahmoudi (born 1980), Iranian volleyball player
• Behnam Malakooti, American professor
• Behnam Maleki (born 1992), Iranian cyclist
• Behnam Sadeghi (born 1969), scholar of Islamic law and history
• Behnam Seraj (born 1971), Iranian football player and manager
• Behnam Taebi (born 1977), Dutch-Iranian ethicist and academician
• Behnam Tashakkor (born 1977), Iraqi actor
• Behnam Tayyebi (born 1975), Iranian wrestler
• Behnam Yakhchali (born 1995), Iranian basketball player

Surname

• Farjam Behnam (born 1966), Iranian editor and researcher
• Jamshid Behnam (1928–2021), Iranian sociologist, writer and translator
• Mariam Behnam (1921–2014), Iranian-born Emirati writer, diplomat and activist
• Rostin Behnam, American lawyer and government official