Anuar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-NWAR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Anuar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “brighter, more radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Anuar mean?
Arabic: Spanish and Kazakh spelling of Anwar
“brighter, more radiant”
The Spanish and Kazakh spelling of the Arabic name Anwar.
Is Anuar a girl's or a boy's name?
Anuar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anuar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Anuar, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 10 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Anuar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
How popular is Anuar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Anuar, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Anuar in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anuar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Anuar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Ezra Cruz Amir Xander Yahya Cooper Anas Perez Lorcan Syed Arlo
Names related to Anuar
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anuar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anuar, updated 20 October 2026.