Nuri
Nuri is a first name and family name common in several languages .
Origin and meaning
Nuri is an Arabic , predominantly female, and a particularly Turkish male given name. Nuri also appears as a family name. The name is derived from the Arabic word for "light" ( nūr ) and means "bright" or "enlightened".
Name bearer
Ottoman time
- Nuri Pascha Osman (1832–1900), general in the Ottoman army
- Osman Nuri (1839–1906), Turkish general and painter
Male first name
- Nuri Aksel (* 1953), Turkish-German university professor for fluid mechanics
- Nuri Asan (1940–1989), Turkish football player and coach
- Fatih Nuri Aydın (* 1995), Turkish soccer player
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan (* 1959), Turkish film director, screenwriter, film producer and photographer
- Nuri Çolak (* 1975), Turkish football player
- Nuri Demirağ (1886–1957), Turkish industrialist and politician
- Nuri Dersimi (1893–1973), Kurdish politician
- Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889–1956), Turkish diplomat and writer
- Nuri Kurtcebe (* 1949), Turkish cartoonist and author
- Nuri al-Maliki (* 1950), Iraqi politician
- Gazmend Nuri Oketa (* 1968), Albanian politician
- Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (1951–2016), Turkish lawyer, religious philosopher and author
- Nuri Şahin (* 1988), German-Turkish soccer player
- Nuri Şahin (volleyball player) (* 1980), Turkish volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Nuri as-Said (1888–1958), Iraqi politician
- Rodsch Nuri Schawais (* 194?), Iraqi politician
- Nuri Sezer (1938–2014), Turkish actor in Berlin
- Nuri Sojliu (1870–1940), Albanian politician
- Osman Nuri Topbaş (* 1942), Turkish Sufi master and author
- Nuri Toygün (* 1943), Turkish soccer player
- Evren Nuri Turhan (* 1974), Turkish football player
- Nuri Yamut (1890–1961), Turkish general
Female first name
- Bae Nu-ri (* 1993), South Korean actress
family name
- Ali Akbar Nateq Nuri (* 1943), Shiite clergyman and Iranian politician
- Fazlollah Nuri (1843–1909), Iranian Shiite clergyman
- Ihsan Nuri Pascha (1892 / 1893–1976), Kurdish revolutionary
- Jochanan ben Nuri , ancient Jewish scholar
- Said Abdullo Nuri (1947-2006), Tajik Muslim leader
stage name
- Jack Nuri (* 1972), Austrian cabaret artist and actor
See also
- Nouri (BKS)