Entry № 1240 · Persian origin

Banafsheh Banafsheh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ bah-NAFF-sheh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Violet (Persian)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Persian)

A name that means "violet (persian)".

Banafsheh (بنفشه) is the Persian word for "violet" — both the flower and the color. A poetic Iranian feminine name evoking the modest delicate flower.

Used widely in modern Iran.

Violet. The Persian flower.

The name in its native script.

بنفشه
Transliteration
Banafšeh
Pronunciation
/ bəˈnæf.ʃɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Banafsheh stands.

Banafsheh does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Banafshehs before her.

Real people
Banafsheh Hejazi
Iranian writer.
1954 – 2024
In fiction
Banafsheh
Common in Persian fiction.

Names connected to Banafsheh.

The number behind Banafsheh.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Banafsheh reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.