# Banu

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #72,967

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As an Islamic surname (Indian subcontinent), from Urdu بانو (bāno), from Persian بانو (“lady”).
* Borrowed from Bengali বানু (banu), a surname predominantly found in Bangladesh and West Bengal, probably related to the above.
* Borrowed from Romanian Banu, from the medieval title ban; see Ban.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/banu