Noor (also spelt Nur, Nor, or Nour, Arabic: نور: Nūr IPA: [nuːr]) is a common Arabic feminine and masculine given name meaning "light", from the Arabic al-Nur (النور). Variants include Noora, Nora, Norah, Noura, and Nura [1] It is also used as a surname.
 A representation of the name Noor | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈnuːɾ] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | "light" |
Given name edit
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- Queen Noor of Jordan (born 1951), former Queen of Jordan
- Noor Ahmad (born 2005), Afghan cricketer
- Noor Alam (1929–2003), Pakistani field hockey player
- Princess Noor bint Asem (born 1982), of the Jordanian Royal Family
- Noor Bukhari (born 1976), Pakistani actress
- Noor Muhammad Butt (born 1936), Pakistani nuclear physicist
- S.H.M.B Noor Chowdhury, Bangladesh Army officer
- Noor Dean (born 1946), Indo-Fijian lawyer
- Noor Islam Dawar (died 2021), Pakistani Pashtun human rights activist
- Noor Hassanali (1918–2006), former president of Trinidad and Tobago
- Noor Jehan (1926–2000), Pakistani singer and actress
- Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944), Indian born British SOE agent
- Princess Noor Pahlavi (born 1992), Iranian princess
- Noor Sabri (born 1984), Iraqi footballer
- Noor Tagouri (born 1993), American journalist and activist
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- Nour (Marian Farid Abi Habib) (born 1977), Lebanese actress
- Nour El-Sherif (1946–2015), Egyptian actor
- Nour El-Sayed (born 1984), Egyptian footballer
- Nour Mansour (born 1989), Lebanese footballer
- Nour Mhanna, Syrian singer
- Nour Ardakani (born 2001), Lebanese singer and dancer
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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
- Nur Matan Abdi, Somali politician and military commander
- Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev, first President of Kazakhstan
- Musa Nur Amin, Somali politician
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
Sportspeople
- Cansu Nur Kaya (born 2000), Turkish women's footballer
- Esma Nur Çakmak (born 2004), Turkish female arm wrestler
- Gamze Nur Yaman (born 1999), Turkish women's footballer
- Nur B. Ali, Pakistani-American racecar driver
- Nur Banu Özpak (born 1996), Turkish sport shooter
- Nur Mustafa Gülen (born 1960), Turkish footballer and coach
- Nur Nurhan Çakmak, Turkish women's footballer
- Büşra Nur Tırıklı (born 1994), Turkish Paralympian discus thrower
- Merve Nur Eroğlu (born 1993), Turkish Paralympic archer
- Nur Atikah Nabilah, Singaporean gymnast
- Seda Nur İncik (born 2000), Turkish footballer
- Şeyma Nur Emeksiz Bacaksız, Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner
Other people
- Nur Fettahoğlu, Turkish German actress
- Nur Sürer, Turkish actress
- Nur Hossain, Bangladeshi activist
- Nur Khan, Pakistan Air Force officer
Surname edit
- Ayman Nour (born 1964), Egyptian politician
- Meraj Khalid Noor, Indian politician
- Mohamed Mohamed Noor (born 1985), a United States police officer, convicted for the killing of Justine Damond
- Mohamed Noor, American biologist and geneticist
- Mohammad Noor (1901–1979), Indonesian politician
- Mohammed Noor (born 1978), Saudi Arabian footballer
- Farah Nur (1862–1932), Somali poet and warrior
- 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 edit
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- Noor, an older lady who attempts to groom Saroo in Lion
- Noor Bauwens, a fictional character in the Belgian online series wtFOCK
- Noor Pradesh, a fictional female character in the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children series, first appearing in the fourth entry, A Map of Days
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- Nour, young boy in J. M. G. Le Clézio's novel Désert
- Nour El Deen Mahmoud Nour El Deen, a fictional character in Malaf Al Mostakbal series
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- En Sabah Nur, a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics
- Nur the Vlogger Fairy, a supporting character in the Rainbow Magic book franchise
Arabic-based compound names with Nur as an element edit
- Nurullah, that is Nur Allah, meaning light of God
- Nurul Alam (disambiguation), that is Nur al-Alam, meaning light of the world
- Nur al-Din, that is Nur al-Din, meaning light of the religion/faith
- Nur ul-Hasan, that is Nur al-Hasan, meaning light of Hasan
- Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993), Indian historian
- Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan (born 1993), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Prof. Syed Nurul Hasan College, West Bengal
- 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, a Catalan girl's name, has been suggested to be related to this name
Notes edit
- ^ Campbell, Mike (9 June 2023). "Meaning, origin and history of the name Nur". Behind the Name. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
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