Behnam () is an Iranian /

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

masculine given name or

family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

, 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"). The given name and surname is also found with

Assyrian people Assyrians (, ) are an ethnic group Indigenous peoples, indigenous to Mesopotamia, a geographical region in West Asia. Modern Assyrians Assyrian continuity, share descent directly from the ancient Assyrians, one of the key civilizations of Mesop ...

, from the name of the Christian martyr

Mar Behnam Saints Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs were 4th-century Assyrian Christians who suffered martyrdom during the reign of Shapur II. They are venerated as saints in the Assyrian Church of the East and Oriental Orthodox Churches. Biography Acco ...

. 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 Behnam Abolghasempour (; born August 24, 1973) is an Iranian retired association football, football player. He has played for four Iranian clubs including Saipa F.C., Saipa, Persepolis F.C., Persepolis, Pas Tehran F.C., Pas and Sorkhpooshan Delvar ...

(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 Behnam Afsheh (born 3 April 1983) is a former Iranian professional footballer. Career Afsheh was part of Pegah Gilan until 2008. When Pegah dissolved, he joined a new team, Damash, for one season and scored Damash's first goal against Fajr Sepa ...

(born 1983), Iranian footballer * Behnam Asbaghi (born 1986), Iranian taekwondo practitioner * Behnam Barzay (born 1993), Iranian footballer *

Behnam Behzadi Behnam Behzadi (Persian: بهنام بهزادی, ''Behˈnām Behzādī,'' born July 24, 1972) is an Iranian director, screenwriter, editor and produce He’s one of the internationally acclaimed Iranian directors and his films have received mult ...

(born 1972), Iranian director, screenwriter, editor and producer * Behnam Beyranvand, Iranian footballer *

Behnam Ehsanpour Behnam Ehsanpour (, born 16 February 1992 in Behshahr) is an Iranian wrestler. He won Bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships and silver at 2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Univer ...

(born 1992), Iranian wrestler * Behnam Khosroshahi (born 1989), Iranian cyclist *

Behnam Mahmoudi Behnam Mahmoudi (, born April 25, 1980, in Meyaneh) is an Iranian former volleyball player, who capped for more than 8 years in the Iran National Volleyball Team of the year 1998–2006. His brother Shahram Mahmoudi is also a successful interna ...

(born 1980), Iranian volleyball player *

Behnam Malakooti Behnam Malakooti is professor of systems engineering of department of electrical engineering and computer science at the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Ohio, US. He has been affiliated with CWRU since 1982. He is a pioneer researcher in r ...

, American professor * Behnam Maleki (born 1992), Iranian cyclist *

Behnam Sadeghi Behnam Sadeghi (born September 16, 1969) is a scholar of Sharia, Islamic law and History of Islam, history. He was assistant professor of religious studies at Stanford University from 2006 to 2016. Biography Sadeghi received his PhD in 2006 from P ...

(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 Behnam Tashakkor (; born January 24, 1977) is an Iranian actor. Early life He was born on January 24, 1977, in Bandar Anzali to an Ardabili Azeri family. He spent his childhood in the city of Hashtpar. He started his activity in theater by pl ...

(born 1977), Iraqi actor *

Behnam Tayyebi Behnam Tayyebi Kermani (; born 23 July 1975 in Qaem Shahr) is a retired Iranian wrestler. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and ...

(born 1975), Iranian wrestler *

Behnam Yakhchali Behnam Yakhchali Dehkordi (, born 12 july, 1995) is an Iranian professional basketball player for the Gladiators Treves of the German ProA The ProA is the German basketball league system, second-tier Sports league, league of professional club ...

(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

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