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The name Nur Athirah

Letters
10
Syllables
4
First letter
N
Origin
Arabic
Category
Malay Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 2000s: 6.9%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Malay table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s6.9%
2010s–

Malay Names: NMeaning light

Nur Athirah is a girl's name in Malay use that begins with Nur, the Arabic word for 'light'.

About the name Nur Athirah

Nur is the Arabic word for light and is a common first element in Malay girls' names. The meaning of the element Athirah is uncertain. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 2000s with 3,279 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginArabic
SyllablesNur A-thi-rah
First letterMalay Names starting with N

Nur Athirah in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
Girl: 3,279 · 6.9%
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Nur Athirah as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Malay table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: نور · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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