Behnam
Behnam 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 and nâm.
The given name and surname is also found with Assyrian people, from the name of the Christian martyr Mar Behnam. There exists a famous monastery of Saint Behnam in north Iraq. It is also a Hebrew translation of "Shem Tov" meaning "noble" in Hebrew.
Given name
- Behnam (saint), a 4th century Christian martyr
- Behnam Abolghasempour, Iranian football player
- Behnam Abu Alsoof, Iraqi Assyriologist, anthropologist, historian and writer
- Behnam Afas, Iraqi-New Zealander author and researcher
- Behnam Afsheh, Iranian footballer
- Behnam Asbaghi, Iranian taekwondo practitioner
- Behnam Barzay, Iranian footballer
- Behnam Behzadi, Iranian director, screenwriter, editor and producer
- Behnam Beyranvand, Iranian footballer
- Behnam Ehsanpour, Iranian wrestler
- Behnam Khosroshahi, Iranian cyclist
- Behnam Mahmoudi, Iranian volleyball player
- Behnam Malakooti, American professor
- Behnam Maleki, Iranian cyclist
- Behnam Sadeghi, scholar of Islamic law and history
- Behnam Seraj, Iranian football player and manager
- Behnam Taebi, Dutch-Iranian ethicist and academician
- Behnam Tashakkor, Iraqi actor
- Behnam Tayyebi, Iranian wrestler
- Behnam Yakhchali, Iranian basketball player
Surname
- Farjam Behnam, Iranian editor and researcher
- Jamshid Behnam, Iranian sociologist, writer and translator
- Mariam Behnam, Iranian-born Emirati writer, diplomat and activist
- Rostin Behnam, American lawyer and government official