Mansur

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mansour in DZ Algeria, US United States, SA Saudi Arabia and 6 more, Mansoor in PK Pakistan, GB United Kingdom, AE United Arab Emirates and 4 more, Мансур in RU Russia, UZ Uzbekistan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 2 more and Mansuri in IN India.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Mansur is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name77K records spelled Mansur7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Ethiopia, Russia

  Also written Manṣūr, Mansúr, Mansûr, Manṣur, Mansūr

• Portuguese given name36K records spelled Mansur9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, India, United States, Argentina

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Mansúr, Manşur, Manšūr, Mansūr, Mansûr

• Swahili given name7.8K records spelled Mansur4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, India, Kenya, United States

  Also written Manşur

• Nepali given name5.0K records spelled Mansur2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nepal

• French given name1.3K records spelled Mansur7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Manşur, Mansûr, Mansūr, Manṣūr, Mansür

• Polish given name1.1K records spelled Mansur3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Turkmenistan, United States, India

  Also written Manşur, Mansúr

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Mansur is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Turkish, Tanrı’nın yardımıyla galip, üstün gelmiş.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

• In English, city, Egypt

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Arabic, victor; aided to victory

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Arabic, victorious

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• helped; protected;

  as a name·Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 93 years between 1899–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Al-Hallajb. 858IQnot in their usual namePersian mystic, poet and Sufi teacher (c.858–922)
• Abu Nasr Mansurb. 960IRPersian mathematician and astronomer (c. 960 – 1036)
• Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allahb. 985EGnot in their usual name6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
• Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allahb. 1096EGnot in their usual nameFatimid caliph and imam (1096–1130)
• Al-Rashidb. 1109IQnot in their usual nameAbbasid caliph in Baghdad (r. 1135–1136)
• Al-Mustansirb. 1192IQnot in their usual name36th and Penultimate Abbasid Caliph (r. 1226–1242)
• Mansur Yavaşb. 1955TRMayor of Ankara
• Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyanb. 1970AEnot in their usual nameVice President of the United Arab Emirates
• Mansour Jafari Mamaghanib. 1971IRnot in their usual nameIranian singer and actor
• Mansour Abbasb. 1974ILnot in their usual nameArab-Israeli dentist and politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 342 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mansur?

We estimate roughly 23 thousand people bear Mansur (counting its spellings and scripts) across 3 countries in our records.

In which country does Mansur have the most bearers?

Mansur is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled mansuri.

How common is Mansur compared with other names?

In Algeria, Mansur is the 35th most common given name of 30,102 given names recorded there.

Is Mansur a male or female name?

Mansur is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Mansur mean?

Recorded meaning: from a personal name based on Arabic mansur ‘victorious’, ‘triumphant’.