Noor (name)

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Nour
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Noor
Pronunciation[ˈnuːɾ]
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameArabic
Meaninglight
Other names
Nickname(s)Nuri

Nur (also spelled Noor, Nor, or Nour, Arabic: نور: Nūr IPA: [nuːr]) is a common Arabic unisex name meaning "light", "The Divine Light".[1] An-Nur, meaning "the light" in Arabic. It can also be feminized as Nura or Noora.

In Norse mythology Nór was the name of the founder king of Norway.

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 also an Estonian language surname, meaning "young".

Given name[]

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Politicians, statesmen, and royalty

  • Nur ibn Mujahid (reigned 1550-1567), 16th-century Somali Emir of Harar
  • Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman leader of the Habr Yunis clan
  • Nur Bekri, high ranked Chinese politician
  • Nur Alam, Indonesian governor of South East Sulawesi
  • Nur Hassan Wirajuda, former Indonesian minister of foreign affairs
  • Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra, Uighur Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic
  • Nur Jahan, Mughal Empress
  • Nur Devlet (reigned 1466-1469, 1475-1476), khan of the Crimean Khanate

Intellectuals

  • Nur Yalman, Turkish anthropologist
  • Cak Nur, the nickname of Nurcholish Madjid, a prominent Indonesian Muslim intellectual
  • Nur Ali Elahi, Iranian philosopher, jurist, and musician

Athletes

Other people

Surname[]

  • Ayman Nour (born 1964), Egyptian politician
  • Mohamed Mohamed Noor (born 1985), a United States police officer, convicted for the killing of Justine Damond
  • Mohamed Noor, American biologist and geneticist
  • Mohammed Noor (born 1978), Saudi Arabian footballer
  • Farah Nur d(1930), warrior and poet
  • Mariam Nour (born 1936), Lebanese television personality
  • Omar Nour (born 1978), Egyptian triathlete
  • Sabila Noor, Bangladeshi actress
  • Shajal Noor, Bangladeshi actor
  • Nur Ahmed Nur (born 1937), Afghan communist
  • Rıza Nur (1879–1942), Turkish surgeon
  • Viive Noor (born 1955), Estonian illustrator and curator
  • Yusuf Haji Nur, Somali politician

Fictional characters[]

  • Nour El Deen Mahmoud Nour El Deen, a fictional character in Malaf Al Mostakbal series
  • Nour, the central character in the spiritual Sufi text about the history of fire written by Ahmed El Bedawi; recently retold by Idries Shah
  • Nour, young boy in J. M. G. Le Clézio's novel Désert (novel)
  • En Sabah Nur (Apocalypse) is a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics.
  • Noor Bauwens, a fictional character in the Belgian online series wtFOCK

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/faith
  • Nur ul-Huda, that is Nur al-Huda, meaning light of the guidance
  • Nurul Islam, that is Nur al-Islam, meaning light of Islam
  • Nuruzzaman, that is Nur al-Zaman, meaning light of the era
  • Abdel Nour, that is Abd an-Nur, meaning servant of the Light
  • Nuri, meaning luminous or my light
  • Núria is an Arabic Catalan girl's name, meaning light

Notes[]

  1. ^ Behind the Name
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