Nuri (name)

Updated on Oct 10, 2024

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Alternative spelling Nori, Nouri, Noori
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 Meaning Arabic for "my light" (نور+ي), Aramaic for "my fire" (ܢܘܪܝ), old Korean for "world"(누리), Persian from Arabic

Nuri (also spelled Nouri or Noori, Arabic: نوري‎‎, Korean: 누리, Syriac: ܢܘܪܝ‎) 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

Abdollah Nouri, Iranian politician

Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri, Iranian politician

Alireza Noori, Iranian politician

Hossein Noori Hamedani, Iranian ayatollah

Hossein Nuri, Iranian painter, dramaturge, and filmmaker

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

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