MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Noor mean?
Nūr is the Arabic light noun borrowed into Urdu and Hindi and remains visible in compounds such as Noorjahan. Nurjahan combines nūr, light, with Persian jahān, world.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नूर
Conventional spelling
Arabic
نور
Conventional spelling
Other spellings
- Nur
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Noor in Indian usage
181,916 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 84,804 records (46.6%).
- Recorded as male: 97,112 records (53.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 739 |
| 1930s | 3,191 |
| 1940s | 9,364 |
| 1950s | 18,354 |
| 1960s | 30,270 |
| 1970s | 37,248 |
| 1980s | 47,324 |
| 1990s | 35,318 |
| Other decades | 108 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 83,441 |
| Bihar | 46,952 |
| Jharkhand | 7,722 |
| Rajasthan | 6,207 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,931 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 5,481 |
| Assam | 4,722 |
| Uttarakhand | 4,436 |
| Haryana | 4,426 |
| Maharashtra | 3,996 |
| Delhi | 2,350 |
| Punjab | 1,293 |
| Meghalaya | 925 |
| Tripura | 828 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 821 |
| Gujarat | 682 |
| Kerala | 386 |
| Odisha | 338 |
| Goa | 236 |
| Manipur | 209 |
| Chandigarh | 136 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 100 |
| Other states | 298 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Noor / M | 10 | 2,269 |
| England & Wales | Noor / F | 274 | 181 |
| Scotland | Noor / F | 13 | 272 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Noor; Table_6, C2388 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Noor; Table_6, C2388
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Noor; Table_6, C187 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Noor; Table_6, C187
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Noor; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Girl ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Noor; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Girl
- Wiktionary: नूर ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.