Nuri
noor-ee
Arabic or Hebrew
"light or my fire"
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Updated Wed Feb 18 2026
The name Nuri peaked for boys at #2963 in 2020. The name is most popular in NURI, NURI, and NURI. Nuri is occasionally used for girls in 2024.
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Nuri Rank in US Top 1000
Popularity of the name Nuri
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Famous People Named Nuri
- Nuri Pasha alSaid, 7th Prime Minister of Iraq
- Nuri ŞahinTurkish footballer
- Nuri Badran (born 1943)Iraqi Minister of the Interior
- 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
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