Nour
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning light or illumination.
Nour by the numbers
In 2025, 57 babies in England and Wales were named Nour. In the US, 109 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 125 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nour. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Nour
Names that are said the same way as Nour, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Nore5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Nour, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Nour
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