Nuri

noor-ee

Arabic or Hebrew

"light or my fire"

Nuri Origin and Meaning

The name Nuri is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "light or my fire".

A name used in the Middle East but that could easily work in the US. As a girls' name, Nuri can also be a short form of Nuria. It was chosen by Christy Lefteri for the protagonist of her novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo which may have familiarized people with the name.

Nuri Popularity

• 1519 Nameberry 2024

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Famous People Named Nuri

• Nuri Pasha al Said, 7th Prime Minister of Iraq
• Nuri Şahin Turkish footballer
• Nuri Badran (born 1943) Iraqi Minister of the Interior
• Nuri Berköz (1889–1975) Azerbaijani general
• Nuri Boytorun (1908–1988) Turkish Olympic wrestler
• Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 1959) Turkish filmmaker
• Nuri Demirağ (1886–1957) Turkish industrialist
• Nuri Killigil (1881–1949) general in the Ottoman army