Noor
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from a personal name based on Arabic nur ‘light’, ‘illumination’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Noor is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country, where it is the 9th most common given name.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 258(inferred from the name graph)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 664
- USUnited States1 in 32K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 210 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 258 (inferred from the name graph)
≈350,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from a personal name based on Arabic nur ‘light’, ‘illumination’. Al-Nur ‘the Light’, is an attribute of Allah. It is also found in compound names such as Nur Allah {Nurullah) ‘Light of Allah’ and Nur ud-DTn (Nuruddin) ‘Light of Religion’.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.
How Noor is read(measured from records)
Noor is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Hindi18%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Noor in Hindi.
- Urdu17%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Noor in Urdu.
- Malay15%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Noor in Malay.
- Arabic10.0%
light, illumination; Allah's epithet
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
light, illumination
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
light
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
- English5.8%
Arabic: ‘light’
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Noor counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #9 | ≈350,000 est. | ≈1 in 664 | — | Noor | 134 |
| MY Malaysia | #767 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 258 | — | Noor | 63 |
| SY Syria | — | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 941 | — | Noor | 11 |
| US United States | — | 10,240 | 1 in 32K | 8.3K | Noor | 210 |
| IQ Iraq | — | ≈4,500 est. | ≈1 in 8.6K | — | Noor | 22 |
| SE Sweden | — | 2,930 | 1 in 3.5K | 2.9K | Noor | 18 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | — | Noor | 33 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Noor is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
from a personal name based on Arabic nur ‘light’, ‘illumination’. Al-Nur ‘the Light’, is an attribute of Allah. It is also found in compound names such as Nur Allah {Nurullah) ‘Light of Allah’ and Nur ud-DTn (Nuruddin) ‘Light of Religion’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In French, Arabic nūr « light ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Noor Inayat Khanb. 1914GBWW2 SOE British agent (1914–1944)
- Noor Hassanalib. 1918TTformer President of Trinidad and Tobago (1918-2006)
- Noor Jehanb. 1926PKPakistani singer and actress (1920–2000)
- Noor Shakerb. 1950SYSyrian-Danish computer scientist and entrepreneur
- Queen Noor of Jordanb. 1951USQueen and Queen Dowager of Jordan; philanthropist and activist
- Noor Hisham Abdullahb. 1963MYMalaysian civil servant and endocrine surgeon
- Noor Deen Mi Guangjiangb. 1963CNexpert in Islamic calligraphy
- Noor Pahlavib. 1992USmember of Pahlavi dynasty
- Noor Vidtsb. 1996BEBelgian athletics competitor
- Noor Al-Rawabdehb. 1997JOJordanian footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 84 sources across 39 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 8.3K | #2,426 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 2.9K | #842 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2K | #2,426 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 1.5K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 435 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 43 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Noor mean?
- Recorded meaning: from a personal name based on Arabic nur ‘light’, ‘illumination’.
- In which country does Noor have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 351 thousand people named Noor in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled noor.
- Where does the name Noor come from?
- from a personal name based on Arabic nur ‘light’, ‘illumination’. Al-Nur ‘the Light’, is an attribute of Allah. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- Is Noor a male or female name?
- Noor is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What are other forms of the name Noor?
- In the etymology graph, Ellen, Nur and Nora are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Noor?
- In the United States, the national register counted 10,240 people named Noor in 2020, about 1 in 32 thousand residents.
- How common is Noor compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Noor is the 9th most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Noor” — the 9th most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.