Boy · Persian · Muslim
Behzad
بہزادSay it beh-ZAAD
- Meaning today
- Well-born, noble
- Original meaning
- "well-born (bih, good + zād, born); a name from Persian legend" Steingass, p. 211
- Say it
- beh-ZAAD
- Written
- بہزاد
- Other spellings
- Bihzad, Behzaad
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Behzad meaning
Behzad (بہزاد) is a Muslim boy's name of Persian origin.
Well-born (bih, good + zād, born); a name from Persian legend
Also used to mean: noble
Behzad (بہزاد) is a Persian compound of bih, "good, excellent", and zād, "born; a son", so it reads as "well-born" or "of good birth", the meaning given on name lists. Steingass's dictionary records bih-zād itself only as a proper name from Persian legend, linked with the hero Isfandiyār and with a horse, so the "well-born" sense comes from its two parts rather than from an entry for the whole word. The best-known bearer is Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (c. 1450–1535), the celebrated miniature painter of Herat and Tabriz.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 211 · entry bih-zād (بہزاد) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, bih-zād, p. 211 · Steingass, bih, p. 209 · Steingass, zād, p. 605 · Wikipedia, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād
Famous namesakes
- Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (c. 1450–1535), Persian miniature painter
Spellings
Behzad · Bihzad · Behzaad