Given name & surname
Nurit
“resembling a flowering plant”
Nurit is a variant of Nirit. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a flowering plant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nurit is a variant of Nirit. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a flowering plant.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nurit is a variant of Nirit. An origin associated with Nirit is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nurit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 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 girls is 5 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 356 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Nurit
- Nurit Peled-ElhananIsraeli academicborn 1949
- Nurit HirshIsraeli composer, arranger and conductorborn 1942
- Nurit ZarchiIsraeli writer (born 1941)
- Nurit KorenIsraeli politicianborn 1960
- Nurith AvivIsraeli French filmmakerborn 1945
- Nurit GalronIsraeli recording artist; singerborn 1951
- Nurit KarlinIsraeli cartoonist (1938-2019)
- Nurit CohenIsraeli actress1939–2013
- Nurit Bird-Davidprofessor of cultural anthropology at the University of Haifa, Israelborn 1951
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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