Given name & surname
Nury
“surrounded by light”
Nury is a variant of Nuri. One Arabic interpretation is “surrounded by light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nury is a variant of Nuri. One Arabic interpretation is “surrounded by light.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nury is a variant of Nuri. An origin associated with Nuri is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Arabic نُورِيّ; its root is Arabic ن و ر.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nury through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 115
- 0 boys · 115 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 8 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 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,427 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 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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