Nura
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning light or illumination.
Nura by the numbers
In 2025, 42 babies in England and Wales were named Nura. In the US, 38 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 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 Nura. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Nura
Names that are said the same way as Nura, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean light
Like Nura, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Nura
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