Nour

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Nur in MY Malaysia, IN India and Noeur in FI Finland.

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 10 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◐

Nour is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name27K records spelled Nour88 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, United States, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Noùr, Noûr, Nöùr, Ñôür, Nöür

• Danish given name3.7K records spelled Nour19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Syria

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Ñõür, Nõur, Nòùr, Ñoúř, Ñõuř

• Urdu given name1.7K records spelled Nour14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Türkiye, Syria, India

  Languages: Urdu, Hindi

  Also written Ñòùr, Nõür, Ñour, Noùr, Nöùr

• Khmer given name1.3K records spelled Nour2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Syria, Spain, Algeria, Morocco

  Also written Nöur

• Persian given name1.3K records spelled Nour4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Afghanistan, United States

  Also written Ńour, Nõūr

• Finnish given name1.2K records spelled Nour27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Syria, Algeria, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Nõür, Nõùr, Nõur, Nõûr, Nõūr

• Malay given name778 records spelled Nour182 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia

  Languages: Malay, Bangla, Indonesian

  Also written Nor, Nur, Noor, Nar, নুর

51 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●

Nour is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Romanian, subst. 1. Nour b. (Sd XVI); diiac (Sur VIII) ; fam. (Sur XXI) ; Noor (Sur VII) ; Nuoresti s. (Dm ; Stef). 2. Nuoreful (Dm).

  as a name·Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

• In French, Arabic nūr « light ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In chk, third person plural possessive; their (used with a special class of objects including living things)

  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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 44 years between 1981–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nur-Ali Borumandb. 1905IRnot in their usual nameIranian historian and musician of Persian Classical music
• Nur Hassan Husseinb. 1938SOnot in their usual nameSomali politician (1938–2020)
• Nour Chibab. 1980TNTunisian singer
• Nour El-Refaib. 1987SESwedish actress and comedian
• Nour El-Din Hassaneinb. 1988EGEgyptian rower
• Nour Mansourb. 1989LBLebanese footballer
• Myrna Nour El Dinb. 1994EGEgyptian actress and model
• Nour El Sherbinib. 1995EGEgyptian squash player
• Nour Ehabb. 2003EGEgyptian actress
• Nour Alkawajaactress

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 · 660 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nour?

We estimate roughly 32 thousand people bear Nour (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Nour have the most bearers?

Nour is most frequently recorded in Egypt, where it is most often spelled nour.

How common is Nour compared with other names?

In Egypt, Nour is the 30th most common given name of 72,792 given names recorded there.

Is Nour a male or female name?

Nour 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 Nour mean?

Recorded meaning: Nour (m.fl. former) är ett arabiskt namn som betyder ’ljus’.