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Nur (also spelled Noor Nor or Nour Arabic: نور Urdu: نور ALA-LC: Nūr IPA: [nuːr]) is a common Arabic unisex name meaning light. An-Nur meaning the light in Arabic is the 24th sura of the Qur’an.In Dutch and Flemish Noor can be a form of Eleonore cognate to the English name Eleanor the first bearer of which was Eleanor of Aquitaine and is probably Occitan in origin. Noor is currently a popular name for baby girls in the Flemish part of Belgium.