Entry № 1250 · Arabic origin

Banan Banan — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ bah-NAHN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Fingertips, delicate"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "fingertips, delicate".

Banan (بنان) is the Arabic word for "fingertips" — particularly the delicate, beautiful fingertips. Used in classical Arabic poetry to evoke femininity.

Banan is widely used in the Arab world.

Fingertips. The Arabic poetic.

The name in its native script.

بنان
Transliteration
Banān
Pronunciation
/ bəˈnɑːn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Banan stands.

Banan 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.

Banans before her.

Real people

In fiction
Banan
Common in Arabic poetry.

Names connected to Banan.

The number behind Banan.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Banan reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.