Noor (name) explained

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

Given name

Noor

• 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
• Nour Belkhiria (born 1995), a Tunisian-Canadian actress from Montreal, Quebec
• 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

Nour

• 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

Nur

Politicians, statesmen, and royalty

• Nur ibn Mujahid (died 1567), 16th-century Somali Emir of Harar
• Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman (1841-1907), leader of the Habr Yunis clan
• Nur Bekri (born 1961), high ranked Chinese politician
• Nur Alam (born 1967), Indonesian governor of South East Sulawesi
• Nur Hassan Wirajuda (born 1948), former Indonesian minister of foreign affairs
• Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra (died 1934), Uighur Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic
• Nur Jahan (1577-1645), Mughal Empress
• Nur Devlet (died 1503), khan of the Crimean Khanate
• Nur Matan Abdi, Somali politician and military commander
• Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev (born 1940), first President of Kazakhstan
• Musa Nur Amin, Somali politician

Intellectuals

• Nur Yalman, Turkish anthropologist
• Cak Nur (1939-2005), the nickname of Nurcholish Madjid, a prominent Indonesian Muslim intellectual
• Nur Ali Elahi (1895-1974), Iranian philosopher, jurist, and musician

Sportspeople

• Cansu Nur Kaya (born 2000), Turkish footballer
• Esma Nur Çakmak (born 2004), Turkish arm wrestler
• Gamze Nur Yaman (born 1999), Turkish footballer
• Nur B. Ali (born 1974), Pakistani-American racecar driver
• Nur Banu Özpak (born 1996), Turkish sport shooter
• Nur Mustafa Gülen (born 1960), Turkish footballer and coach
• Nur Nurhan Çakmak (born 1981), Turkish women's footballer
• Büşra Nur Tırıklı (born 1994), Turkish Paralympian discus thrower
• Merve Nur Eroğlu (born 1993), Turkish Paralympic archer
• Nur Atikah Nabilah (born 1991), Singaporean gymnast
• Seda Nur İncik (born 2000), Turkish footballer
• Şeyma Nur Emeksiz Bacaksız (born 1993), Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner

Others

• Nur Batur (born 1952), Turkish journalist
• Nur Fettahoğlu (born 1980), Turkish German actress
• Nur Sürer (born 1954), Turkish actress
• Nur Hossain (1961-1987), Bangladeshi activist
• Nur Khan (1923-2011), Pakistan Air Force officer

Surname

• Ayman Nour (born 1964), Egyptian politician
• Meraj Khalid Noor, Indian politician
• 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 (born 1995), Bangladeshi actress
• Shajal Noor (born 1983), Bangladeshi actor
• Stephanie Nur (born 1988), Egyptian actress
• Nur Ahmed Nur (1937-2024), Afghan communist
• Rıza Nur (1879–1942), Turkish surgeon
• Viive Noor (born 1955), Estonian illustrator and curator
• Yusuf Haji Nur (died 2019), Somali politician

Fictional characters

Noor

• 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

Nour

• 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

Nur

• 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

• Nurullah, that is Nur Allah, meaning light of God
• Nurul Alam (disambiguation), that is Nur al-Alam, meaning light of the world
• Nurul Amin (disambiguation), that is Nur al-Amin, meaning light of the trustworthy
• 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
• Nurur Rahman, that is Nur al-Rahman, meaning light of the Most Merciful Allah
  • Nurur Rahman, Bangladeshi professor and politician from Comilla
  • Sayyid Mohammad Nurur Rahman Barkati, Shahi Imam of West Bengal
• 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 and References

1. Web site: Campbell . Mike . Meaning, origin and history of the name Nur . Behind the Name . 9 June 2023 . 17 April 2024.