Nura
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NOO-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #899 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,211 for girls
Nura is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 899th for girls in the UK (42 babies) and 3,211th for girls in the US (49 babies).
What does Nura mean?
Arabic
“light”
From the Arabic nur, 'light', the word behind Noor and Nour.
Is Nura a girl's or a boy's name?
Nura is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 girls in the UK and 49 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nura in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 899th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 6,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the UK were named Nura, making it the 899th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,180th.
2025 had the most girls named Nura of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nura in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 212 girls in the UK were given Nura or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #249, up from #899 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 845th in England and Wales.
Nura in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #899 |
| 2024 | 37 | #996 |
| 2023 | 38 | #988 |
| 2022 | 36 | #1,027 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,180 |
| 2019 | 35 | #1,058 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Nura in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,211th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49 about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were named Nura, making it the 3,211th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Nura in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 212 girls in the US were given Nura or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,020, up from #3,211 for this spelling alone.
Nura in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,211 |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,176 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,073 |
| 2021 | 53 | #3,069 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,891 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,049 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
Names like Nura
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Zainab, Rahma, Ayah, Huda, Amira, Abeeha, Khadija, Nusaybah, Safaa
Other spellings of Nura
Names related to Nura
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Nura: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nura, updated 20 October 2026.