Girl · Persian (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Benish
بینشSay it BEE-nish
- Meaning today
- Insight, wisdom, intelligent
- Original meaning
- "vision, sight; insight" Steingass, p. 226
- Say it
- BEE-nish
- Written
- بینش
- Other spellings
- Beenish, Binish, Bineesh
Benish
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Benish meaning
Benish (بینش) is a Muslim girl's name of Persian origin (Urdu usage).
Vision, sight; insight
Also used to mean: wisdom, intelligent
Benish (بینش) comes from the Persian bīnish, a noun from the verb dīdan, "to see". Steingass's Persian dictionary gives vision, sight and providence, and in Urdu the word is used for discernment and insight, seeing with the mind as well as the eye. Name lists give Benish as "insight", "wisdom" or "intelligent", which grows naturally out of this sense. The name is used by Muslim families in India and Pakistan, often spelled Beenish to keep the long first vowel.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 226 · entry bīnish (بينش) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, bīnish, p. 226
Spellings
Benish · Beenish · Binish · Bineesh