Núria

Núria [ˈnuɾia] is a Catalan girls' name taken from the valley, Vall de Núria with a Marian shrine. As with the Spanish name of the valley, el valle de Nuria, the name also occurs in Spanish without the accent as Nuria. The valley name, Núria, is believed to be from euskera origin. The name has also been linked to the Arabic unisex name Nur (name) Arabic: نوريّة‎ meaning light. It can also be spelled as "Nuriyah".

The name, originally Mare de Déu de Núria, derives from Marian devotion to the Virgin of Nuria (Catalan Mare de Déu de Núria). The name is very popular in Catalonia, especially Ripollès - where the sanctuary is, Urgell, Priorat, Pallars Jussà, Osona, Noguera, Conca de Barberà, and Cerdanya. In 2007 it was the 7th most common female name in Catalonia, with a maximum recorded in the decade of the 1970s.^[1] The Saint's day for the name is September 8, Our Lady of Nuria (Dia de les Verges trobades)

People

• Núria Rial (Spanish Nuria Rial), Spanish soprano
• Nuria Llagostera Vives (1980, Majorca) Spanish tennis player
• Nuria Fernández (1976, Luzern, Switzerland) Spanish middle distance runner
• Núria Camón (1978, Terrassa) Spanish field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
• Nuria Martínez (1984) Spanish professional basketball player of the WNBA
• Nuria Cabanillas (1980) Spanish rhythmic gymnast and Olympic Champion
• Núria Espert (1935, Barcelona) Spanish actress
• Nuria Fernández Gómez, "Nuria Fergó," (Nerja, 1979) Spanish singer and actress
• Nuria Bages (1955, Monterrey) Mexican actress
• Nuria Domínguez (1974, Toronto) Canadian-born Spanish competition rower
• Nuria González (1962, Málaga) Spanish actress
• Nuria Olivé (1968, Barcelona) Spanish field hockey player
• Nuria Bermúdez (1980) Spanish football agent and actress
• Nuria Moreno (1975, Madrid) Spanish field hockey player
• Nuria Benzal (1985) Spanish handball player
• Nuria Zufía ( ) Spanish footballer
• Nuria Torray (1934–2004) Spanish film, television and theatre actress
• Núria Añó (1973, Lleida) Spanish writer and novelist
• Nuria Pomares ( Madrid) Spanish ballet dancer
• Núria Madruga (1980) Portuguese actress and model
• Sinta Nuriyah (1948, Jombang Regency, Indonesia) wife of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid and was First Lady of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001

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