All around the world, خانوم (Khanoom 
, Chanum 
, Khnum 
) is a very rare dominantly girly, but seldom male given name. The given name خانوم is habitual in Southern Asia, particularly Iran, where it is a very rare feminine name, and India, where it is an extremely rare largely feminine, but infrequently male name. More prevalently, خانوم is the last name as well as the forename.