Noor
Meaning
light
The story
Noor holds two separate Behind the Name entries: an alternate transcription of the Arabic Nur, which means "light" and stands in Islamic tradition among the ninety-nine names of Allah as al-Nur, and, on a different road entirely, a Dutch short form of Eleonora. The American record entered in the 1980s: about 240 girls in the 1980s, about 1,050 in the 1990s, about 2,120 in the 2000s, about 2,670 in the 2010s, and about 2,180 so far this decade, with a smaller boys' line running in the low hundreds. A word for light in one naming tradition, a Dutch short form in a second one, and an American line that has grown in every completed decade since the day it arrived.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Noor peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
When you meet Noor
Most people given the name Noor in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Noor deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Noor truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Noor fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Noor travels
Indian American · a warm unisex name used across Indian Muslim American families
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