Nour
From Hebrew for "light", and used widely across the Arabic-speaking world too. Fewer than 70 people in Poland carry it, so most have never met one, though two newborns last year mark it as just emerging.
Nour Pronunciation
Nour is pronounced NO-oor (/ˈnɔur/).
What Nour means
Where Nour comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nour comes from the Semitic root n-w-r, which means light. Hebrew keeps it close to ner, the old word for a lamp. The short meaning stays simple. In English it means light, in Polish światło.
Arabic gave the name its widest life. There the form is Nūr, and it names one of the most quoted chapters of the Quran, Surah An-Nur, "The Light." A word once used for lamps and daybreak became a name a person could carry.
In Poland the spelling Nour turns up on an official form at the urząd and in a school register, usually among children of Arabic-speaking families. It has no Polish name-day, so imieniny pass it by. The meaning travels with it anyway. Ask what Nour means and the answer is one word: light.
How many people are named Nour
1 in 450877 women in Poland is named Nour. 69 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4363 among female names.
Nour's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1766 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Nour as a middle name
Nour is a first name for 69 women in Poland and a middle name for another 23, a 75/25 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1816th, between Nnamdi (23) and Otmar (23).
-
#1814 Nguyen23
-
#1815 Nnamdi23
-
#1816 Nour23
-
#1817 Otmar23
-
#1818 Patrycjan23