ʻAbd al-Nūr (
ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد النور) is a male given name and, in modern usage, surname. The name is used by Muslims and also by Coptic and Orthodox Christians in the Middle East. It is built from the Arabic words ''
ʻabd'' and ''al-Nūr'', one of the
names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the
Muslim theophoric names.
It means "servant of the Light".
Because the letter ''n'' is a
sun letter
In Arabic and Maltese, the consonants are divided into two groups, called the sun letters or solar letters ( ar, حروف شمسية ', mt, konsonanti xemxin) and moon letters or lunar letters (Arabic: ', mt, konsonanti qamrin), based on whe ...
, the letter ''l'' of the ''al-'' is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to ''Abd al-Nur'', the usual pronunciation corresponds to ''Abd an-Noor''. Alternative transliterations include ''Abdennour'' and others, all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
Notable people
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Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour (born 1945), Egyptian politician
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Jean Abdelnour
Jean Abdel-Nour ( ar, جان عبد النور, born 29 November 1983) is a Lebanese basketball player. He had a successful 2002–03 season with Ghazir which led him to be signed by the Bluestars for the 2003–04 season. He stayed with the ...
(born 1983), Lebanese basketball player
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Cyrine Abdelnour (born 1977), Lebanese singer, actress, and model
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Ziad Abdelnour (born 1960), Lebanese-born
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Aymen Abdennour
Aymen Abdennour ( ar, أيمن عبد النور; born 6 August 1989) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Rodez.
A full international with over 53 caps since 2009, he represented Tunisia at three Africa Cu ...
(born 1989), Tunisian footballer
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Mustafa Haji Abdinur
Mustafa Haji Abdinur is a Somali journalist and radio correspondent. He was awarded a CPJ International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists in 2009.
Early life and education
Abdinur was born into a working-class family ...
(born 1981), Somali journalist
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James Abdnor (1923–2012), American politician
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Abdulahad AbdulNour
Abdulahad Abdulaziz AbdulNour (1888 – 28 February 1948) was an Iraqi physician, politician, and humanitarian. He served as a medical doctor in Mosul before World War I, during the war with the Ottoman Army, and he founded the Royal Hospital of ...
(1888-1948), Iraqi physician, politician, and humanitarian
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Thabit AbdulNour
Thabit Abdulaziz AbdulNour (, 1890 - 1957) was an Iraqi politician, a government administrator, and a diplomat. He was elected twice to the Council of Representatives of Iraq to represent the Christians of Mosul during the monarchy's rule. He se ...
(1890–1957), Iraqi politician, government administrator, and diplomat
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Abdennour Abrous
Abdennour Abrous (born September 15, 1934, in Oujda, Morocco, died April 16, 2020, in New York City), was a former Algerian politician. He was a United Nations civil servant who helped organize the global response against apartheid in South A ...
(1934–2020), Algerian diplomat
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Abdennour Cherif El Ouazzani ʻAbd al-Nūr ( ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد النور) is a male given name and, in modern usage, surname. The name is used by Muslims and also by Coptic and Orthodox Christians in the Middle East. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd' ...
(born 1986), Algerian footballer
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Antone AbdulNour
Antone Behnam AbdulNour (c. 1849- February 1914) was a judge, a merchant, and a scholar in Mosul during the Ottoman Empire rule.
Early life
Antone AbdulNour was born in about 1849 in the city of Mosul when it was still under the rule of the Ott ...
(1849-1914), Judge, merchant, and scholar in Mosul, Ottoman Empire
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Abdulaziz AbdulNour
Abdulaziz Abdulahad AbdulNour (1850- February 1927) was a judge, a merchant, and a philanthropist in Mosul during the Ottoman Empire rule and the Iraqi Kingdom rule.
Early life
Abdulaziz AbdulNour was born in 1850 to a prominent Syriac Orthodox ...
(1850-1927) Judge, merchant, and philanthropist in Mosul, Ottoman Empire and Iraqi Kingdom
References
Arabic-language surnames
Arabic masculine given names
Masculine given names
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