Nur (name)
| Nur |
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| Pronunciation |
[ˈnuːɾ] |
| Gender |
Unisex |
| Origin |
| Word/Name |
Arabic |
| Meaning |
light |
Nur (also spelled Noor, Nor, or Nour, Arabic: نور) is a common Arabic unisex name meaning the light of life, or the path of life.[1] An-Nur is the 24th sura of the Qur'an.
In Dutch and Flemish Noor can be a form of Eleonore cognate to the English name Eleanor, the first bearer of which was Eleanor of Aquitaine and is probably Occitan in origin. Noor is currently a popular name for baby girls in the Flemish part of Belgium.
Given name
- Queen Noor of Jordan, former Queen of Jordan
- Nour (actress), Lebanese actress
- Nur B. Ali, Pakistani-American racecar driver
- Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra, Uighur Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic
- Noor Bukhari, Pakistani actress
- Nur Fettahoğlu, Turkish German actress
- Nur Hossain, Bangladeshi activist
- Noor Inayat Khan, British Special Operations Executive agent
- Nur Jahan, Mughal Empress
- Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress
- Nur Khan, Pakistan Air Force officer
- Nur ibn Mujahid, a 16th-century Somali Emir of Harar
- Nur Atikah Nabilah, Singaporean gymnast
- Nur Sürer, Turkish actress
- Nur Yalman, Turkish anthropologist
Surname
Fictional characters
Arabic-based compound names with Nur as an element
- Nurullah, that is Nur Allah, meaning light of God
- Nur al-Din, that is Nur al- Din, meaning light of the religion
- Noor ul-Haq, that is Nur al- Haqq, meaning light of the truth
- Nur ul-Huda, that is Nur al- Huda, meaning light of the guidance
- Nurul Islam, that is Nur al- Islam, meaing light of Islam
- Nuruzzaman, that is Nur al- Zaman, meaning light of the era
- Abdel Nour, tha is Abd al- Nur, meaning servant of the light
- Nuri, meaning luminous or my light
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