Nuru - Meaning of Nuru

What does Nuru mean?

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Nuru

[ 2 syll. nu-ru, nur-u ] The baby girl name Nuru is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced Nuw-RUW- †. Nuru's origin is Arabic, and its use, Swahili. Nuru is a form of the Arabic and Hebrew Nur.

See also the related categories, swahili and arabic.

Nuru is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Nuru include Nairee, Nairey, Nairi, Nairie, Nara, Nari (Japanese), Nera (Hebrew), Neri, Ngaire (English), Niree, Nora (English, German, Irish, Italian, Scandinavian, Scottish, Czech, and Armenian), Norah (English and Irish), Noreh, Norey, Nori (Japanese), Norrie, Norry (English), Nory, Noura, and Nura (Arabic).

† English pronunciation for Nuru: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)"