Forename خانم

Globally, خانم (خانم , Khanam , Khanum ) is quite a common primarily feminine, but very seldom masculine first name. The first name خانم is characteristic of Syria, where it is quite a rare girly name, Afghanistan, where it is a rare feminine name, and Pakistan, where it is a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Southern Asia, particularly India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. More prevalently, خانم is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name خانم

name Ханым, name Hanuma, name Begum, name Hanum, name خان, name خانم, name Khanim, name کانم, name Ханума, name Khanum, name Hanım, name Khanam, name Khanm

VARIANT	COUNTRY
خانم	Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan
Khanm, Khanam, Khanum	Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India

First names said to be same

Begum, Hanum, Hanuma, Hanım, Khanim, Ханума, Ханым, خان, and کانم

Notable namesakes

	شاه بیگی تاجلی خانم Principal consort of Safavid shah Ismail I (c.1485–1540), IR (b. 1488)
	پریخان خانم a very influential and high-ranking Safavid princess, IR (b. 1548)
	پریخان خانم IR (b. 1506)
	حیران خانم Azerbaijani poet, IR (b. 1790)
	ملک‌جهان خانم Regent of Persia, Qajar queen mother and princess (1805-1873), IR (b. 1805)
	بزمِ آرا خانم Second legal wife of Ottoman Sultan Abdülmejid I, TR (b. 1834)
	صبیحہ خانم Pakistani actress, PK (b. 1935)
	زبیدہ خانم Pakistani singer, PK (b. 1935)
	خانم لطيف Iraqi activist, IQ (b. 1969)

Characteristic surnames

علي, حسینی, رسولي, جعفري, خليفه, طاهري, طربوش, ثبوته, محمدي, محمدی, محمود, مرادي, موسوی, ملائي, ناصري, كريمي, قاسمي, کاظمي, کریمی, صائب حسب, مرتضائي, قرباني, حسيني, گودرزي, سعیدی, احمدی, حسن, جان, كنو, امين, اسدي, حسني, شيخو, تنها, تكتم, محمد, مریم, نقدي, كيان, يوسف, گیان, انداچه, سروری, العلي, الشام, اكبري, احمدي, عباسي, and مصطفي نژاد