Given name & surname
Onur
“one who shows promise”
Onur is used as a given name and a surname. One Turkish interpretation is “one who shows promise.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Turkish interpretation is “one who shows promise.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Turkish.
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
Onur through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 194
- 194 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 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.
Onur’s family of names
Onur has a related form in Onure. Onur has a related form in Onurr. Onur has a related form in Onurre.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Onur
- Onur KıvrakTurkish association football player (born 1988)
- Onur BulutTurkish association football player (born 1994)
- Onur BalkanTurkish cyclist (born 1996)
- Onur TunaTurkish actor, fashion model and singer (born 1985)
- Onur DoğanTurkish and Taiwanese footballerborn 1987
- Onur ÜnlüTurkish actor and director (born 1973)
- Onur Seyit YaranTurkish actor and fashion model (born 1995)
- Onur ŞipalTurkish boxer (born 1989)
- Onur SaylakTurkish actor and director (born 1977)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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