Given name · Arabic

أنور

“bright, shining, luminous”

أنور (ʔanwar) is a masculine given name. It is used in Arabic.

ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Anwar.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

أنور goes back to a word meaning “bright, shining, luminous.”

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أنور’s family of names

In Arabic usage, أنور has a later derivative in ANUAR. In Arabic usage, أنور has a conventional equivalent in the English form Anwar. In Arabic usage, أنور can be written in the Roman alphabet as ʔanwar.

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أنور has relatives in 4 languages.

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Across languages 3

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