Anwar (first name)
Anwar is an Arabic male and female first name .
Origin and meaning
Anwar ( Arabic أنور) means 'the enlightened one', Anwār ( Arabic أنوار) means 'the early light, the collected light', more common in this form as a female given name.
Variants and Distribution
The name is native to all Muslim influenced countries.
Language variants are:
- Albanian Enver
- Azerbaijani Ənvər
- french Anouar in all francophone areas
- Kazakh January / Әнуар
- Russian Anwar / Анвар
- Turkish Enver
- Uighur ئەنۋەر / Ənvər / Әнвәр
Variants are:
Name bearer
- Anwar Ibrahim (* 1947), Malaysian politician
- Anwar al-Balkimi , Egyptian politician
- Anwar as-Sadat (1918–1981), Egyptian President
- Anwar Uddin (* 1981), English soccer player of Bangladeshi origin
- Anwar El Ghazi (* 1995), Dutch football player