as a Last Name
- 1,318
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Anwar
Meaning & Origins
Muslim (widespread throughout the Muslim world): from a personal name based on Arabic anwar ‘brighter’, an elative adjective derived from nur ‘light’. Anwār (with a long a) is the plural of nūr (see Noor) and means ‘rays (of light)’.
| 18,563rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,318
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Jersey
- has the most people named Anwar per capita
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