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Nur or Nor?

2 spellings reached the top 10 of the Malay girls’ table: Nur peaked at 69% (2010s) and Nor peaked at 2.2% (2010s). Percentages are shares of that decade’s top-10 total.

Nur
3 decades · 69%
Nor
1 decade · 2%

Figures for each spelling

Split between spellings

Nur Nor

  • 1940s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1950s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1960s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1970s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1980s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1990s Nur 100%
  • 2000s Nur 100%
  • 2010s Nur 97% · Nor 3%
Each spelling’s part of this family’s listed figures in that decade (listed spellings only).
DecadeNurNor
’40s ––
’50s ––
’60s ––
’70s ––
’80s ––
’90s 10.7%4,203–
’00s 37.5%17,866–
’10s 69%23,1592.2%727
Share of the Malay table · girls top-10 total and registrations (– = not listed).

Each spelling

Other spelling families

The Malay, Chinese and Indian tables are JPN’s own breakdown; they describe the data, not people. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

How to cite

Free to quote with a link to this page. Suggested citation:

MalaysianNames (malaysiannames.com). “Nur Name Spellings: 2 Variants in JPN Data”. https://malaysiannames.com/en/popular-names/spellings/nur/. Updated . Data: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0), last updated 2023-07-26.

Download the JPN top-10 tables we use (decade, table, sex, rank, name, count, share of the top-10 total):

Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Frequently asked questions

Are Nur and Nor the same name?

Our records link them as spellings of one name, meaning “light”. JPN counts each spelling separately, and we do not merge the figures.

When was each spelling in the top 10?

Nur: 1990s #3, 2000s #1, 2010s #1; Nor: 2010s #8.