Onur
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-NOOR
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Onur is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “honour, dignity”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Onur mean?
Turkish: Turkish word, borrowed from Italian onore (Latin honor)
“honour, dignity”
Is Onur a girl's or a boy's name?
Onur is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Onur in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Onur, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 20 boys.
2025 had more boys named Onur than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Onur in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Onur in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 20 | #840 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Onur in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Onur in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Onur in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Onur
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Aiden, Orhan, Luca, Connor, Oscar, Umar, Oisin, Kian, Musa, Ronan, Liam
More Turkish names
Ayla, Aylin, Alara, Ayda, Ayzel, Kaya, Aydin, Aslan, Eren, Evren, Ayaz, Ela, Aylah, Aleyna, Deniz, Demir
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, “Onur: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/onur, updated 20 October 2026.