Noureddine
Nur al-Din is a male Arabic given name, translating to 'light of Faith', nūr meaning 'light' and dīn meaning 'religion'. More recently, the name has also been used as a surname.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Noureddine
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nur al-Din is a male Arabic given name, translating to 'light of Faith', nūr meaning 'light' and dīn meaning 'religion'. More recently, the name has also been used as a surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Noureddine
American parents first put Noureddine on the record books as a baby boy name in 2012, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 6 Noureddines were born — ranking #10,768 that year. Noureddine last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Noureddine
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Noureddine. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Nordine
- Nur ad-Din
- Nuruddin
- Nurul
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About the name Noureddine
Noureddine is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2012 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Noureddine's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #10,768. Use the chart and map above to compare Noureddine's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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