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 [ 2 syll. a-nwar, an-w-ar ] The boy name Anwar is pronounced AENWaaR or AANWaaR KEY. Anwar is of Arabic origin. It is used mainly in the Arabic and Urdu languages. The name means 'light'. Anwar is rare as a baby boy name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1978, 0.008% of baby boys were given the name Anwar. It had a ranking of #698 then. The baby name has experienced a drop in popularity since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale now. Out of all boy names in its family, Anwar was nonetheless the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Anwar include the Indian Amar, the Arabic and English Ameer, the Arabic Ameir, the Arabic and English Amir, the Arabic Ammar, the Arabic Ammer, the English Amor, the Arabic Amr, the Irish Anraí, the English, German, and Scandinavian Einar, the Irish Einrí, the Irish Éinrí, the English, Finnish, French, and Slavic Henri, the French Honoré, the English and Hebrew Omri, the Arabic Umar, the English Amari, the English Amenra, the English Amery, and the Arabic Amiri. A famous person named Anwar is Soldier, Anwar Sadat, born 25 December 1918 - 6 October 1981, Tala District, Egypt. KEY: English pronunciation for Anwar: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)"   |
