Niloufar
Niloufar, Nilophur, Nelofar, Nilofar, Nilufar, Niloofar, Neelofar, Neiloufar or Nîlûfar, meaning Precious, Rare, blue lotus, Nymphaea or water lily is a female given name of Persian origin, ultimately from .
Nounoufar is the Armenian version of it.
People
- Niloufar Ardalan,, Iranian footballer, captain of the Iranian national women's football team
- Nilofar Bakhtiar, Pakistani politician and public official
- Niloufar Bayani,, Iranian wildlife conservation biology researcher and activist.
- Niloofar Beyzaie, Iranian dramaturge, theatre director and playwright
- Nilüfer Hanımsultan,, Princess of Turkey by birth and princess of Hyderabad State by marriage.
- Nelufar Hedayat,, British journalist and presenter
- Nilufar Mamadalieva, biochemist from Uzbekistan
- Neelofa Noor,, Malaysian actress, television host
- Nelofer Pazira, Canadian filmmaker, author, and journalist
- Niloofar Rahmani, Afghan lady air force pilot
- Nilofar Sakhi, Afghan women's rights activist
- Niloufar Salehi, American-Iranian computer scientist
- Nilofar Suhrawardy, Indian journalist and author
- Niloufar Talebi, British-born Iranian-American author, literary translator, and multidisciplinary artist
- Nilufar Usmonova, Uzbek singer and actress
- Nilufar Yasmin, Bangladeshi singer
Places
- Sarab-e Nilufar, village in Baladarband Rural District, in the Central District of Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran
- Shahrak-e Sarab Nilufar, village in Baladarband Rural District, in the Central District of Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran
Films
- Niloofar, a 2008 Iranian film
- Neelofar, a 2025 Pakistani film
Other uses
- Cyclone Nilofar, a 2014 storm