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Nur name meaning

“light”

Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
N
Origin
Arabic
Category
Malay Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 2010s: 69%
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–
1990s10.7%
2000s37.5%
2010s69%
82

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Nur

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Malay Names: NMeaning lightArabic origin

Nur is a girl's name from Arabic meaning 'light'.

What does Nur mean?

Light

In Malay: cahaya

#Light

Sources (1)

About the name Nur

Nur comes from the Arabic word nūr (نور), 'light', 'brightness' or 'lamp'. In Malaysia it is very common as the first word of compound girls' names, such as Nur Aisyah and Nur Alya. Other spellings are Nor and Noor. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 2010s with 23,159 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginArabic
Rootن و ر · n-w-r
SyllablesNur
Other spellingsNor
First letterMalay Names starting with N
Arabic scriptنور

Nur 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
Girl: 4,203 · 10.7%
2000s
Girl: 17,866 · 37.5%
2010s
Girl: 23,159 · 69%
People registered with Nur 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)

Other spellings in the JPN data: Nor (2010s 727 girl)

Compound names with Nur

Sources

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

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