Nuri (name)
| Gender | Male given name (Arabic/Islamic, common in Turkey), male and female given name (Korean, Aramaic), Persian surname |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Arabic, Aramaic, Korean, Persian, Japanese |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Arabic for "my light" (نور+ي), Aramaic for "my fire" (ܢܘܪܝ), old Korean for "world"(누리), Persian from Arabic |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Nori, Nouri, Noori |
Nuri (also spelled Nouri, Noori or Noory, Template:Lang-ar, Template:Lang-ko, Template:Lang-syr) is a name which may refer to:
Given name
- Nuri Badran (born 1943), Iraqi Minister of the Interior
- Bae Noo-ri (born 1993), South Korean actress
- 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
- Nuri Kino (born 1965), Swedish journalist and filmmaker of Assyrian descent
- Nuri Montsé (1917–1971), Spanish-born Argentine film actress
- Nouri al-Maliki (born 1950), Prime Minister of Iraq
- Nuri Ok (born 1942), Turkish judge
- Nouri Ouznadji, Algerian footballer
- Nuri as-Said (1888–1958), Iraqi politician
- Nuri Şahin (born 1988), Turkish international footballer
- Nuri Şahin (volleyball player) (born 1980), Turkish volleyball player
- Nuri Sojliu (1870–1940), signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
Surname
- NOURI (artist) (born 1993), New Zealand recording artist of Kurdish descent
- Abdelhak Nouri (born 1997), Dutch footballer
- Abdollah Nouri, Iranian politician
- Alekhine Nouri, Filipino FIDE master
- Alexander Nouri (born 1979), Iranian-German football manager
- Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri, Iranian politician
- Alireza Noori, Iranian politician
- Hossein Noori Hamedani, Iranian ayatollah
- Hossein Nuri, Iranian painter, dramaturge, and filmmaker
- Kat Nouri, Iranian-born American entrepreneur and inventor
- Michael Nouri, Lebanese-American actor
- Mohammad Nouri (footballer), Iranian footballer
- Mohammad Nouri (singer), Iranian singer
- Milad Nouri, Iranian footballer
- Pejman Nouri, Iranian footballer
- Pir Syed Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri, an Islamic saint
- Sayid Abdulloh Nuri (1947–2006), leader of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
- Shahab Sheikh Nuri (1932–1976), a Kurdish politician
- Sheikh Fazlollah Noori, Iranian cleric
- Yochanan ben Nuri, a Tanna of the first and second century CE
See also
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