Given name & surname
Mansur
“one who is victorious with God's help”
Mansur is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is victorious with God's help.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is victorious with God's help.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mansur through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 258
- 258 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,494 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,494 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 515 as a first name in 2020; 1,791 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mansur’s family of names
In English usage, Mansur shares an earlier linguistic root with Mansour. Mansur has a related form in Mansoor. Mansur has a related form in Mansour.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Mansur has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mansur
- Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam985–1021
- Mansur YavaşMayor of Ankaraborn 1955
- Al-Amir bi-Ahkam AllahFatimid caliph and imam (1096–1130)
- Mansur IsaevRussian judokaborn 1986
- Abu Nasr MansurPersian mathematician and astronomer (c. 960 – 1036)
- Ustad MansurMughal painter and court artist1501–1625
- Mansur ibn IlyasPersian physician1250–1422
- Mansur KhanKhan of Moghulistan from 1503 to 15431484–1544
- Mansur al-BuhutiEgyptian Hanbali jurist1591–1641
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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