Is Nour an Arabic name? What does it mean? Read on to find out more, including the meaning of the name Nour, its origin, pronunciation and if relevant, popularity.
What does Nour mean in Arabic?
Nour means light, illumination, divine light.
It originates from the Arabic root word ن-و-ر (N W R).
Nour is an incredibly popular, evergreen, unisex name. It’s mentioned frequently in the Quran, with an entire chapter named Surah-al-Nour, and al-Nour is also one of the 99 names of Allah in Islamic tradition.
The Arabic root word N W R is present in a vast amount of other popular Arabic names – for example Noura, Nooriya, Anwar, Munira etc.
The incredibly versatile nature of the name Nour means it also goes well in a ‘compound name’, which is names made up of two or more words/names. For example, the names Noor-ul-Huda (light of guidance), Noor ul-Ayn (light of the eyes), Noor ud-Deen (light of religion) are popular names that include Nour within them.
And because the name and word Nour is also commonly used in other languages, it’s again used in combination with other names to create beautiful names with mixed language origins. For e.g., in Persian and Urdu, Mahnoor (meaning moonlight), Noureen (made of light) and Noor Jehan (light of the world) are beautiful and popular names. In Turkish, Nourhan means ‘enlightened/illuminated queen’ and Nourdane means ‘seed of light’. In Kazakh, the name ‘Nourzhan’ means ‘enlightened soul’. Similarly, there are a limitless number of names incorporating the name Nour from all around the world.
Nour is a unisex name.
Popularity of the name Nour
Nour is the world’s 689th most popular name in the world according to Forebears.io. It ranks in the top 10 most popular names in Iraq, as well as in the top 100 for 10 other countries including Syria, Tunisia and Jordan,
Spelt ‘Noor’, it ranks as the worlds 109th most popular name. It ranks in the top 10 most popular names in Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as in the top 100 names in Malaysia, Burnei, Somalia and Bahrain.
As ‘Nur’, it is the world’s 137th most popular name and one of the top 5 most popular names in Indonesia and Malaysia, and top 100 in Brunei, Bangladesh and Qatar.
How to write Nour in Arabic:
Nour is written as نور
How to pronounce Nour:
Nour is pronounced Noo-ur.
Spelling variations of Nour
Noor, Nur, Nor, Nuwr