Nurul
Noor is a common Arabic unisex given name meaning 'light', from the Arabic al-Nur (النور). Feminine variants include Noora, Nora, Norah, Noura, and Nura. It is also used as a surname.
- Arabic
- Indonesian
- Malay
Meaning & Origin of Nurul
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Noor is a common Arabic unisex given name meaning 'light', from the Arabic al-Nur (النور). Feminine variants include Noora, Nora, Norah, Noura, and Nura. It is also used as a surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Indonesian
- Malay
The Story of Nurul
Nurul first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1987, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1988, when 8 Nuruls were born — ranking #8,391 that year. As of 2026, Nurul ranks #8,391 for baby girls with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 13 Nuruls have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Nurul
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Nurul. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Nordine
- Noureddine
- Nur ad-Din
- Nuruddin
- Nurullah
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About the name Nurul
Nurul is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 13 births in the dataset. Nurul's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #8,391. Use the chart and map above to compare Nurul'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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