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Noor
	A representation of the name Noor
Pronunciation	[ˈnuːɾ]
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	"light"

Noor (also spelt Nur, Nor, or Nour, Arabic: نور: Nūr IPA: [nuːr]) is a common Arabic feminine and masculine given name meaning "light", from the Arabic al-Nur (النور). Variants include Noora, Nora, Norah, Noura, and Nura ^[1] It is also used as a surname.

Given name edit

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Queen Noor of Jordan (born 1951), former Queen of Jordan
Noor Ahmad (born 2005), Afghan cricketer
Noor Alam (1929–2003), Pakistani field hockey player
Princess Noor bint Asem (born 1982), of the Jordanian Royal Family
Noor Bukhari (born 1976), Pakistani actress
Noor Muhammad Butt (born 1936), Pakistani nuclear physicist
S.H.M.B Noor Chowdhury, Bangladesh Army officer
Noor Dean (born 1946), Indo-Fijian lawyer
Noor Islam Dawar (died 2021), Pakistani Pashtun human rights activist
Noor Hassanali (1918–2006), former president of Trinidad and Tobago
Noor Jehan (1926–2000), Pakistani singer and actress
Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944), Indian born British SOE agent
Princess Noor Pahlavi (born 1992), Iranian princess
Noor Sabri (born 1984), Iraqi footballer
Noor Tagouri (born 1993), American journalist and activist

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Nour (Marian Farid Abi Habib) (born 1977), Lebanese actress
Nour El-Sherif (1946–2015), Egyptian actor
Nour El-Sayed (born 1984), Egyptian footballer
Nour Mansour (born 1989), Lebanese footballer
Nour Mhanna, Syrian singer
Nour Ardakani (born 2001), Lebanese singer and dancer

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Politicians, statesmen, and royalty

Nur ibn Mujahid (reigned 1550-1567), 16th-century Somali Emir of Harar
Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman leader of the Habr Yunis clan
Nur Bekri, high ranked Chinese politician
Nur Alam, Indonesian governor of South East Sulawesi
Nur Hassan Wirajuda, former Indonesian minister of foreign affairs
Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra, Uighur Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic
Nur Jahan, Mughal Empress
Nur Devlet (reigned 1466-1469, 1475-1476), khan of the Crimean Khanate
Nur Matan Abdi, Somali politician and military commander
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev, first President of Kazakhstan
Musa Nur Amin, Somali politician

Intellectuals

Nur Yalman, Turkish anthropologist
Cak Nur, the nickname of Nurcholish Madjid, a prominent Indonesian Muslim intellectual
Nur Ali Elahi, Iranian philosopher, jurist, and musician

Sportspeople

Cansu Nur Kaya (born 2000), Turkish women's footballer
Esma Nur Çakmak (born 2004), Turkish female arm wrestler
Gamze Nur Yaman (born 1999), Turkish women's footballer
Nur B. Ali, Pakistani-American racecar driver
Nur Banu Özpak (born 1996), Turkish sport shooter
Nur Mustafa Gülen (born 1960), Turkish footballer and coach
Nur Nurhan Çakmak, Turkish women's footballer
Büşra Nur Tırıklı (born 1994), Turkish Paralympian discus thrower
Merve Nur Eroğlu (born 1993), Turkish Paralympic archer
Nur Atikah Nabilah, Singaporean gymnast
Seda Nur İncik (born 2000), Turkish footballer
Şeyma Nur Emeksiz Bacaksız, Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner

Other people

Nur Fettahoğlu, Turkish German actress
Nur Sürer, Turkish actress
Nur Hossain, Bangladeshi activist
Nur Khan, Pakistan Air Force officer

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Ayman Nour (born 1964), Egyptian politician
Meraj Khalid Noor, Indian politician
Mohamed Mohamed Noor (born 1985), a United States police officer, convicted for the killing of Justine Damond
Mohamed Noor, American biologist and geneticist
Mohammad Noor (1901–1979), Indonesian politician
Mohammed Noor (born 1978), Saudi Arabian footballer
Farah Nur (1862–1932), Somali poet and warrior
Mariam Nour (born 1936), Lebanese television personality
Omar Nour (born 1978), Egyptian triathlete
Sabila Noor, Bangladeshi actress
Shajal Noor, Bangladeshi actor
Nur Ahmed Nur (born 1937), Afghan communist
Rıza Nur (1879–1942), Turkish surgeon
Viive Noor (born 1955), Estonian illustrator and curator
Yusuf Haji Nur, Somali politician

Fictional characters edit

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Noor, an older lady who attempts to groom Saroo in Lion
Noor Bauwens, a fictional character in the Belgian online series wtFOCK
Noor Pradesh, a fictional female character in the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children series, first appearing in the fourth entry, A Map of Days

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Nour, young boy in J. M. G. Le Clézio's novel Désert
Nour El Deen Mahmoud Nour El Deen, a fictional character in Malaf Al Mostakbal series

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En Sabah Nur, a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics
Nur the Vlogger Fairy, a supporting character in the Rainbow Magic book franchise

Arabic-based compound names with Nur as an element edit

Nurullah, that is Nur Allah, meaning light of God
Nurul Alam (disambiguation), that is Nur al-Alam, meaning light of the world
Nur al-Din, that is Nur al-Din, meaning light of the religion/faith
Nur ul-Hasan, that is Nur al-Hasan, meaning light of Hasan
- Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993), Indian historian
- Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan (born 1993), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Prof. Syed Nurul Hasan College, West Bengal
Nur ul-Huda, that is Nur al-Huda, meaning light of the guidance
Nurul Islam, that is Nur al-Islam, meaning light of Islam
Nuruzzaman, that is Nur al-Zaman, meaning light of the era
Abdel Nour, that is Abd an-Nur, meaning servant of the Light
Nuri, meaning luminous or my light
Núria, a Catalan girl's name, has been suggested to be related to this name

Notes edit

^ Campbell, Mike (9 June 2023). "Meaning, origin and history of the name Nur". Behind the Name. Retrieved 17 April 2024.

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