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Nurul

Light of the…

Nurul means “Light of the…”.

Origin language
Arabic / Urdu / Bengali
First letter
N
Historical records
18,221

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Nurul mean?

Nurul comes from nūr, light, followed by the Arabic definite article. It commonly begins a longer personal name, with the following word completing whose light is meant.

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

नूरुल

Conventional spelling

Bengali

নুরুল

Conventional spelling

Arabic

نور ال

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Nurul in Indian usage

18,221 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for boys (91.9%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 1,478 records (8.1%).
  • Recorded as male: 16,743 records (91.9%).

By birth decade

Nurul: records by birth decade1940s: 8221940s1950s: 1,9701950s1960s: 3,2621960s1970s: 4,1581970s1980s: 4,5061980s1990s: 3,1991990sOther decades: 304Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1940s822
1950s1,970
1960s3,262
1970s4,158
1980s4,506
1990s3,199
Other decades304

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Bihar7,084
Uttar Pradesh5,451
Assam2,900
Jharkhand1,300
Tripura443
Madhya Pradesh205
Maharashtra198
Manipur170
Meghalaya160
Rajasthan116
Other states194
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.

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Sources

  1. Given-name entry (Wikidata): Nurul (Q123983187) ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Given-name spelling

  2. Given-name entry (Wikidata): Nurul (Q96746379) ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Given-name spelling

  3. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  4. Wiktionary: نور ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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