Noura
given name · Arabic · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Noura is a given name, most frequently recorded in Saudi Arabia, where it is the 8th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Arabic and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: De l’arabe, « la lumineuse ».
- SASaudi Arabia1 in 40◐
- KWKuwait1 in 168
- MAMorocco1 in 1.4K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈9.6K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 171 ●
- 1 in 17K ◐
across 10 countries
recorded for this name
64K records
Official registry-verified
Spain
Spellings & scripts●
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●
De l’arabe, « la lumineuse ».
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA Saudi Arabia | #8 | 559,561 | 1.5K rec. | — | — | Noura | 114 |
| EG Egypt | #240 | 22,227 | 6.3K rec. | — | listed | Noura | 104 |
| KW Kuwait | #17 | 13,627 | 5K rec. | — | — | Noura | 77 |
| SY Syria | #287 | 13,268 | 13K rec. | — | — | Noura | 27 |
| MA Morocco | #138 | 11,347 | 12K rec. | — | — | Noura | 64 |
| FR France | — | 3,810△ | 9 rec. | 1 in 18K | 3.8K | — | 3 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #75 | 3,805 | 2.6K rec. | — | — | Noura | 116 |
| ES Spain | — | 2,920△ | 1.4K rec. | 1 in 17K | 2.9K | Noura | 44 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 2,655 | 2.8K rec. | — | — | Noura | 18 |
| QA Qatar | #113 | 1,525 | 1.2K rec. | — | — | Noura | 42 |
| US United States | — | 1,466 | 6.6K rec. | 1 in 227K | 1.5K | Noura | 171 |
| DE Germany | — | 968 | 859 rec. | — | 5 | Noura | 81 |
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Languages●
- Arabic444K63%
- English192K27%
- French37K5%
- Spanish8.6K1%
- Catalan2.9K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | 444,211 | 63% |
| English | 192,158 | 27% |
| French | 36,900 | 5% |
| Spanish | 8,596 | 1% |
| Catalan | 2,920 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Noura is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Arabic name meaning 'light'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Arabic nūr « light ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
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●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1983 | 6 |
| 1985 | 5 |
| 1986 | 8 |
| 1987 | 7 |
| 1988 | 10 |
| 1989 | 14 |
| 1990 | 10 |
| 1991 | 13 |
| 1992 | 10 |
| 1993 | 12 |
| 1994 | 12 |
| 1995 | 11 |
| 1996 | 21 |
| 1997 | 16 |
| 1998 | 12 |
| 1999 | 21 |
| 2000 | 24 |
| 2001 | 17 |
| 2002 | 25 |
| 2003 | 21 |
| 2004 | 33 |
| 2005 | 22 |
| 2006 | 21 |
| 2007 | 24 |
| 2008 | 29 |
| 2009 | 13 |
| 2010 | 23 |
| 2011 | 30 |
| 2012 | 25 |
| 2013 | 30 |
| 2014 | 39 |
| 2015 | 39 |
| 2016 | 47 |
| 2017 | 55 |
| 2018 | 60 |
| 2019 | 42 |
| 2020 | 46 |
| 2021 | 50 |
| 2022 | 77 |
| 2023 | 64 |
| 2024 | 92 |
| 2025 | 83 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 42 years between 1983–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Noura bint Abdul Rahman Al Saudb. 1875SASaudi royal (1875–1950)
- Noura Mint Seymalib. 1950MRMauritanian griot, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist
- Noura Al Kaabib. 1979AEEmirati politician and business woman
- Noura Erakatb. 1980USAmerican academic
- Noura Ghazib. 1981SYSyrian Human Rights lawyer
- Noura Nasrib. 1983TNTunisian sport shooter
- Gigi Hadidb. 1995USnot in their usual nameAmerican fashion model and television personality (born 1995)
- Noura Manab. 1997MAMoroccan swimmer
- Noura Husseinb. 1998SDSudanese child bride
- Noura Mohamedb. 1998EGEgyptian fencer
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●
Attested in 55 sources across 32 countries.
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 247 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Noura?
- We estimate roughly 9.6 thousand people bear Noura (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
- In which country does Noura have the most bearers?
- Noura is most frequently recorded in Saudi Arabia, where it is most often spelled noura.
- How common is Noura compared with other names?
- In Saudi Arabia, Noura is the 8th most common given name of 51,390 given names recorded there.
- Is Noura a male or female name?
- Noura 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 Noura mean?
- Recorded meaning: De l’arabe, « la lumineuse ».
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Noura” — the 8th most common given name in Saudi Arabia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.