Name
Anwar
Meaning
Anwar is a masculine name of Arabic origin meaning “brighter, more luminous”.
Anwar is an Arabic comparative meaning brighter or more radiant, from the same root as Noor. Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, who won the Nobel Peace Prize, carried the name onto the world stage in the 1970s, and it remains widespread from Morocco to Malaysia.
Common across the Muslim world; a quiet presence in US naming records.
Popularity in the United States
Boys
Ranked #951 in 1984 · peak #730 in 1981
Data: US Social Security Administration, top-1000 ranks.
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Anwar is a masculine name of Arabic origin meaning “brighter, more luminous”. Anwar is an Arabic comparative meaning brighter or more radiant, from the same root as Noor.
Anwar is traditionally a masculine (boy) name. Common across the Muslim world; a quiet presence in US naming records.
The name Anwar comes from Arabic. Anwar is an Arabic comparative meaning brighter or more radiant, from the same root as Noor. Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, who won the Nobel Peace Prize, carried the name onto the world stage in the 1970s, and it remains widespread from Morocco to Malaysia.
Anwar is pronounced AHN-war.
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