Banu is a girl's name of Turkish origin meaning “lady.” In England & Wales it was given to 4 girls in 2025.
Banu belongs to the Turkish and Persian tradition. Its meaning — “lady” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Banu first appears in Social Security records in 2018. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #12690 in 2018, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 7 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Banu means “lady” in its Turkish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Banu is a girl name. In England & Wales, 4 babies received the name in 2025.
Banu comes from the Turkish and Persian tradition.
Banu first appears in US records in 2018. Its best-ever ranking was #12690 in 2018, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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