Mansur
An Arabic name meaning "victorious", carried in Poland by just over 200 men and no women. Meeting one is memorable: most Poles have never come across it.
Mansur Pronunciation
Mansur is pronounced MAHN-soor (/ˈmansur/).
What Mansur means
Where Mansur comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mansur comes from Arabic, where mansūr means victorious. The grammar carries the meaning. It is a passive participle, so the sense leans toward "granted victory" rather than a warrior winning by his own arm. The triumph is received.
History gives the name real bearers. Al-Mansur, the second Abbasid caliph, founded Baghdad in 762 and took the title as a claim. Centuries later the mystic al-Hallaj, executed in 922, is remembered as Mansur al-Hallaj, a man who lost everything worldly and kept a name that promised victory. The word held two lives at once, the ruler's and the martyr's.
In Poland the name stays firmly arabic in association, and no Polish diminutive or variant has grown around it. On a class register at a Kraków szkoła it announces where a family's roots reach. That plainness is part of its appeal.
The short meaning is simple, and it does not drift. Mansur means victorious, zwycięski, and the Arabic root keeps it there.
How many people are named Mansur
1 in 104638 men in Poland is named Mansur. 204 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2204 among male names.
Mansur's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Mansur as a middle name
Mansur is a first name for 204 men in Poland and a middle name for another 11, a 95/5 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2968th, between Mansour (11) and Marcell (11).
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#2966 Manohar11
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#2967 Mansour11
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#2968 Mansur11
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#2969 Marcell11
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#2970 Marten11