Nuri (name)

Nuri (also spelled Nouri, Noori or Noory, Arabic: نوري, Korean: 누리, Syriac: ܢܘܪܝ) is a name which may refer to:

Nuri
GenderMale given name (Arabic/Islamic, common in Turkey), male and female given name (Korean, Aramaic), Persian surname
Language(s)Arabic, Aramaic, Korean, Persian, Japanese
Origin
MeaningArabic for "my light" (نور+ي), Aramaic for "my fire" (ܢܘܪܝ), old Korean for "world"(누리), Persian from Arabic
Other names
Alternative spellingNori, Nouri, Noori

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

See also

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