Entry № 1322 · Persian origin

Behnaz Behnaz — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BEH-naz /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Good and dear"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Persian)

A name that means "good and dear".

Behnaz Jafari (born 1974) is the Iranian actress.

Good and dear. The Persian.

The name in its native script.

بهناز
Transliteration
Behnāz
Pronunciation
/ bɛhˈnæz /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Behnaz stands.

Behnaz 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.

Behnazs before her.

Real people
Behnaz Jafari
Iranian actress.
born 1974
In fiction
Behnaz
Common in Persian fiction.

Names connected to Behnaz.

The number behind Behnaz.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Behnaz reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.