Given name

Nuran

Nuran is a feminine given name from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Nuran comes from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Nuran through the years

Babies since 1880
18
0 boys · 18 girls
Most popular year
2022
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02462025Highest share 20220.0
Nuran in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2003–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 223 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.

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