Noor

What Noor means

Means “light”

From Arabic نُور (nūr, “light”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Noor” (revision 92226957), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Noor?

US: Rising: up from #989 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #271 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 435 girls got the name (#659 that year). First in the US records in 1979.

How common

• About 1 in 3,695 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 924 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,376 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (2.48 per 1,000 girls), MI (0.98 per 1,000 girls), NJ (0.7 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Noor is #659 in the US and #181 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 91.0% of US babies named Noor were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Nour139 US · 57 E&W
• Nur34 US · 24 E&W
• Noir7 US
• Nore6 US
• Noire5 US
• Noore0 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Noor

Girls

• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”^*
• Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”^*
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Leyla#611Editor’s note Up from #782 in 2015 to #611 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Zahir#738Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 7 babies
• Hamza#541“lion”^*
• Ali#306“high, exalted”^*
• Yousef#744Editor’s note Up from #788 in 2015 to #744 in 2025 in the US
• Mustafa#760“the chosen one”^*
• Laith#893Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #254 vs #893 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Noor’s. Rank is US 2025.