Munira

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Мунира in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, UZ Uzbekistan and 2 more, Monira in BD Bangladesh, PH Philippines, EG Egypt, Munirah in MY Malaysia, SA Saudi Arabia, ID Indonesia and Muneera in KW Kuwait, QA Qatar, IQ Iraq.

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 9 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◐

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

• Portuguese given name8.7K records spelled Munira6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Chile

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, French

  Also written Münira

• Malay given name6.0K records spelled Munira4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, United States

  Languages: Malay, Indonesian

  Also written Münira

• a separate given name1.3K records spelled Munira2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia, United States, Uzbekistan

  Also written Munīra

• Amharic given name296 records spelled Munira7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, Sweden, India

  Also written ሙኒራ, Münire, Munire, ሙኒረ, Münira

• Finnish given name296 records spelled Munira3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, India

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Münira

• Italian given name65 records spelled Munira2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Syria

  Also written Münira

30 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●

Munira 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 Arabic, bright, brilliant, radiant, luminous; fem

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Portuguese, first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of munir

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Arabic, luminous; bright

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Arabic, brilliant

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• Radiant.

  as a name·The African book of names

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) — 86 years between 1919–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Monira Elmahdiyyab. 1885EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian singer and actress (1885–1965)
• Munira Thabitb. 1902EGEgyptian journalist and writer
• منيرة سنبلb. 1939EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian actress
• Munira Fakhrob. 1941BHBahraini academic and a candidate in Bahrain's 2006 general election for the opposition Waad
• Mounira M. Charradb. 1942TNnot in their usual nameFrench-Tunisian sociologist
• Mounira Chapoutotb. 1942TNnot in their usual nameTunisian academic and historian
• Mounira Bharb. 1955TNnot in their usual nameTunisian film director
• Mounira Hamdib. 1962TNnot in their usual nameTunisian singer (1962-2019)
• Munira Wilsonb. 1978GBBritish politician
• Munira Mirzab. 1978GBBritish political adviser

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 · 438 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Munira?

We estimate roughly 4.9 thousand people bear Munira (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.

In which country does Munira have the most bearers?

Munira is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled monira.

How common is Munira compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Munira is the 55th most common given name of 28,624 given names recorded there.

Is Munira a male or female name?

Munira is a female 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 Munira mean?

Recorded meaning: bright, brilliant, shedding light, radiant, luminous, shining; feminine of Munir