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UnisexOrigin: of mixed originIn Israel: steady

NurIn Hebrew: נור · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: נוּר

Nur (Hebrew: נור) is a unisex name of mixed origin. 15,536 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 213 girls and ranked #93. Its peak year was 2008, with 574 babies.

People in Israel
15,536
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
213
rank #93
Peak year
2008
574 babies
USA, 2025
34
rank #4,172

Writing and saying Nur

In Hebrew letters the name is נור, read right to left. Nur is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Nur by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Nur: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Nur in English-speaking countries

Nur in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202534#4,1722023 (52)
United Kingdom202524#1,3682006 (32)
England and Wales202524#1,3152006 (29)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Nur has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Nur

How do you write Nur in Hebrew?

Nur is written נור in Hebrew (with vowel points: נוּר). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Nur?

15,536 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name נור: 10,858 women and 4,678 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Nur a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 70% of the people named נור are women and 30% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Nur used outside Israel?

The name Nur appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 34 girls were given it in 2025 (#4,172), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 24 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.