Namur

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Namen in IN India, DE Germany.

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 2 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◐

Namur is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name55 records spelled Namur2 spellings in the group

  Also written Nāmūr

33 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●

Namur 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 English, commune, prov, Belgium

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Catalan, Namur (the capital city of Namur, Belgium)

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

• In German, Namur (a city in Namur, Belgium)

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

• In dta, autumn

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

• In Albanian, love

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

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●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Blanche of Namurb. 1320NOQueen consort of Norway and Sweden (1320–1363)
• Barthélemy Namurb. 1728LULuxembourg sculptor (1728–1779)
• Jean Pie Namurb. 1804BEBelgian bibliographer and librarian (1804-1867)
• Parfait Namurb. 1815BEBelgian lawyer and university teacher (1815-1890)
• Josef Namurb. 1823LULuxembourgish pharmacist (1823-1892)
• Émile Namurb. 1852BEBelgian sculptor (1852–1908)
• Paul-Franz Namurb. 1877FRFrench painter and illustrator
• Yves Namurb. 1952BEBelgian writer
• Cathy Namurb. 1967FRFrench politician
• Rudy Namurb. 1980FRFrench 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 · 89 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Namur?

We estimate roughly 49 people bear Namur (counting its spellings and scripts) across 2 countries in our records.

In which country does Namur have the most bearers?

Namur is most frequently recorded in Belgium, where it is most often spelled namur.

What does the name Namur mean?

Recorded meaning: Namur (a city in Belgium)