Noor (name)


Noor is a common Arabic masculine and feminine given name meaning 'light', from the Arabic al-Nur. Feminine-only variants include Noora, Nora, Norah, Noura, and Nura. It is also used as a surname.

Given name

Noor

  • Queen Noor of Jordan, Queen of Jordan
  • Mohamed Noor bin Shamsuddin, Malaysian actor
  • Noor Abuarafeh, Palestinian artist
  • Noor Ahmad, Afghan cricketer
  • Noor Aishah binti Mohammad Salim, Singaporean activist and scouting leader, spouse of the president
  • Noor Alam, Pakistani field hockey player
  • Princess Noor bint Asem, member of the Jordanian Royal Family
  • Noor Bukhari, Pakistani actress
  • Noor Muhammad Butt, Pakistani nuclear physicist
  • S.H.M.B Noor Chowdhury, Bangladesh Army officer
  • Noor Dean, Indo-Fijian lawyer
  • Noor Islam Dawar, Pakistani Pashtun human rights activist
  • Noor Hassanali, President of Trinidad and Tobago
  • Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress
  • Noor Inayat Khan, Indian-born British SOE agent
  • Noor Askuzaimey Mat Salim, Malaysian boccia player
  • Noor Sabri, Iraqi footballer
  • Noor Tagouri, American journalist and activist
  • Noor Holsboer,, Dutch field hockey player
  • Noor Vidts,, Belgian athlete

    Nour

  • Nour , Lebanese actress
  • Nour Belkhiria, Tunisian-Canadian actress
  • Nour El-Sherif, Egyptian actor
  • Nour El-Sayed, Egyptian footballer
  • Nour Mansour, Lebanese footballer
  • Nour Mhanna, Syrian singer
  • Nour Ardakani, Lebanese singer and dancer

    Nur

Politicians, statesmen, and royalty

  • Nur ibn Mujahid, 16th-century Somali Emir of Harar
  • Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman, leader of the Habr Yunis clan
  • Nur Bekri, high-ranking Chinese politician
  • Nur Alam, Indonesian governor of South East Sulawesi
  • Noer Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian minister of foreign affairs
  • Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra, Uighur Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic
  • Nur Jahan, Mughal Empress
  • Nur Devlet, khan of the Crimean Khanate
  • Nur Matan Abdi, Somali politician and military commander
  • Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev, first President of Kazakhstan
  • Musa Nur Amin, Somali politician

    Sportspeople

  • Cansu Nur Kaya, Turkish footballer
  • Esma Nur Çakmak, Turkish arm wrestler
  • Gamze Nur Yaman, Turkish footballer
  • Nur B. Ali, Pakistani-American racecar driver
  • Nur Banu Özpak, Turkish sport shooter
  • Nur Mustafa Gülen, Turkish footballer and coach
  • Nur Nurhan Çakmak, Turkish women's footballer
  • Büşra Nur Tırıklı, Turkish Paralympian discus thrower
  • Merve Nur Eroğlu, Turkish Paralympic archer
  • Nur Atikah Nabilah, Singaporean gymnast
  • Seda Nur İncik, Turkish footballer
  • Şeyma Nur Emeksiz Bacaksız, Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner
  • Zeynep Nur Agin, Turkish karateka
  • Zeynep Nur Kapaklıkaya, Turkish handballer

    Others

  • Nur Batur, Turkish journalist
  • Nur Fettahoğlu, Turkish German actress
  • Nur Sürer, Turkish actress
  • Nur Hossain, Bangladeshi activist
  • Nur Khan, Pakistan Air Force officer
  • Nur Yalman, Turkish anthropologist
  • Cak Nur, Indonesian Muslim intellectual
  • Nur Ali Elahi, Iranian philosopher, jurist, and musician

    Surname

  • Ayman Nour, Egyptian politician
  • Meraj Khalid Noor, Indian politician
  • Mohamed Noor, American biologist and geneticist
  • Mohammad Noor, Indonesian politician
  • Mohammed Noor, Saudi Arabian footballer
  • Muhammad Noor, Indian footballer
  • Mudyat Noor, Regent of North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan
  • Farah Nur, Somali poet and warrior
  • Mariam Nour, Lebanese television personality
  • Nur Ahmed Nur, Afghan communist
  • Omar Nour, Egyptian triathlete
  • Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon
  • Sabila Noor, Bangladeshi actress
  • Nabela Noor, Bengali-American entrepreneur and online influencer
  • Shajal Noor, Bangladeshi actor
  • Stephanie Nur, Egyptian actress
  • Yusuf Haji Nur, Somali politician

    Fictional characters

Noor

  • Noor, an older lady who attempts to groom Saroo in Lion
  • 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
  • Noor, the main character and player character in Monument Valley 3
  • Noor, one of the nine default skins in ''Minecraft''

    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
  • Nour, the young Syrian-American protagonist of the novel The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

    Nur

  • En Sabah Nur, a supervillain appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics
  • Nur the Vlogger Fairy, a supporting character in the Rainbow Magic book franchise

    Compound names using ''Nur''

The following names are Arabic-based compound names with Nur as an element:
  • Nurullah, that is Nur Allah, meaning light of God
  • Nurul Alam, that is Nur al-Alam, meaning light of the world
  • Nurul Amin, 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, Indian historian
  • *Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, 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