Munirah

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Munira in IN India, US United States, SY Syria and 11 more, Мунира in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, UZ Uzbekistan and 2 more, Monira in BD Bangladesh, PH Philippines, EG Egypt 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●

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◐

Munirah is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name4.6K records spelled Munirah7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, United States, Australia, Nigeria

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Münirah, Munīrah

• Swahili given name1.2K records spelled Munirah3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, United States, Nigeria, Singapore

  Also written Munīrah

• Spanish given name335 records spelled Munirah4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, United States, Brazil, Singapore

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Munīrah

• a separate given name169 records spelled Munirah2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia

  Also written Munīrah

37 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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 24 years between 1975–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 41 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Munirah?

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

In which country does Munirah have the most bearers?

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

How common is Munirah compared with other names?

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

Is Munirah a male or female name?

Munirah 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 Munirah mean?

Recorded meaning: brilliant; shining