Nar

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Nor in MY Malaysia, ID Indonesia, PH Philippines and 9 more, Nur in IN India, BD Bangladesh, US United States and 4 more, Noor in PK Pakistan and Nuur in NL Netherlands.

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 4 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◐

Nar 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 name32K records spelled Nar3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan

  Also written Ñar, Nār

• Turkish given name28K records spelled Nar3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, India, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Nâr

• English given name7.4K records spelled Nar19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Malaysia, Australia

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Naeer, Nár, Naer, Nàr, Ñär

• Indonesian given name1.4K records spelled Nar4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, United States, Malaysia

  Also written Ñär, Ňăr, Nàr

• French given name1.4K records spelled Nar18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Senegal, Spain, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Nàr, Ñäŕ, Nãr, Ñąř, Ñãr

• Burmese given name1.3K records spelled Nar30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Myanmar (Burma), United States, India, Singapore

  Also written Ñâř, Ñãř, Ñăŕ, Ñàř, Ńař

52 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●

Nar 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.

• , d ‘Light’. APPENDIX: ARABIC R APPENDIX: ARABIC

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• Pomegranate,

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

• In egy, Manuel de Codage transliteration of nꜥr.

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

• In yol, alternative form of noor

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

• In Irish, unstressed form of nár

  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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 83 years between 1920–2017. 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 · 236 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nar?

We estimate roughly 38 thousand people bear Nar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Nar have the most bearers?

Nar is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled nor.

How common is Nar compared with other names?

In Malaysia, Nar is the 9th most common given name of 325,158 given names recorded there.

Is Nar a male or female name?

Nar is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Nar mean?

Recorded meaning: Wohl Berufsname zu Näher/Neher; Zuordnung im Text nur als möglich bezeichnet.