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Nur (Arabic, Urdu: نور; Uighur: نۇر) is a male and female given name .

Origin and meaning

The name means light in Arabic . In Islamic tradition, al-Nur is one of the 99 names of Allah .

Variants are Noor, Noora , Nora , Norah, Nour, Noura , Nura (Arabic), Noor (Urdu) and Nor (Malay).

Well-known namesake

• Nur ad-Din (1118–1174), Syrian ruler
• Nur Banu , favorite wife of Selim II.
• Nur Devlet († 1503), second son of Hacı I. Giray
• Nur ibn Mujahid (16th century), Ethiopian ruler in Harar
• Nur Misuari , a Filipino politician and former leader of the Moro National Liberation Front
• Only Muhammad Taraki (1917–1979), Afghan politician
• Nūr of Jordan (* 1951), wife of King Hussein I (Jordan)

See also

• Just

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Nur. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .