Given name
Munira
“a lustrous and brilliant woman”
Munira is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “a lustrous and brilliant woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a lustrous and brilliant woman.”
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 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Munira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 727
- 0 boys · 727 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 28
- #4,838 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 28 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,838 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 2019. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,659 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Munira’s family of names
Munira has a related form in Munirah. Munira has a related form in Muneera. Munira has a related form in Munawara.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Munira
- Munira ThabitEgyptian journalist and writer1902–1967
- Mounira El MahdeyaEgyptian singer and actress (1885–1965)
- Munira al-QubaysiIslamic scholar (1933–2022)
- Mounira BharTunisian film directorborn 1955
- Muneera SwarBahraini novelistborn 1975
- Mounira M. CharradFrench-Tunisian sociologistborn 1942
- Munira FakhroBahraini academic and a candidate in Bahrain's 2006 general election for the opposition Waadborn 1941
- Monireh GorjiIranian politician1929–2025
- Mounira Hmani AifaTunisian geneticistborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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