Given name & surname
Monir
“luminous, bright”
Monir is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Monir is a romanization of মনির. মনির goes back to Arabic مُنِير, meaning “luminous, bright.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Monir is a romanization of মনির. মনির comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Monir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 674 as a first name in 2020; 185 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.
Monir’s family of names
In Persian usage, Monir is a Roman-alphabet rendering of منیر. In Bengali usage, Monir is a Roman-alphabet rendering of মনির.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Monir
- Monir Shahroudy FarmanfarmaianContemporary Iranian artist, mosaic work1923–2019
- Monir VakiliIranian soprano1923–1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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