Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nouri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 178
- 51 boys · 127 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #8,726 for girls · #11,622 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +60%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,726 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 6 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 200 as a first name in 2020; 1,021 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.
Nouri’s family of names
In Greek usage, Nouri as a surname is a transliteration of Νουρί. In Greek usage, Nouri as a surname is a transliteration of Νούρη.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Nouri
- Nouri BouzidTunisian film directorborn 1945
- Nouri al-JarrahSyrian poetborn 1956
- Nouri ZorgatiTunisian engineer, economist and politician1937–2014
- Nouri OuznadjiAlgerian footballerborn 1984
- Nouri IskandarSyrian Musicologist and composer1938–2023
- Nouri KhodayariIraqi footballer Iranian footballer1944–2013
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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