Noura
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning light, luminosity.
Noura by the numbers
In 2025, 94 babies in England and Wales were named Noura. In the US, 54 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Noura. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
- Nourlight or illumination57 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nooralight or illumination; a form of Noor50 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nuralight or illumination42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nourahlight; illumination13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nourimy light; variant of Noor4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Noura
Names that are said the same way as Noura, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean light
Like Noura, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Noura
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