- Meaning
- Brighter, more radiant
- Arabic
- أنور
- Say it
- AN-war
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
Other spellings
Anouar, Enver, Anuar
Names from the same root (ن و ر)
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Questions about Anwar
What does Anwar mean?
Anwar means: Brighter, more radiant.
Is Anwar in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Anwar a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Anwar is a boy’s name.
How do you write Anwar in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Anwar is written أنور.