Anwar - Meaning of Anwar

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[ 2 syll. a-nwar, an-w-ar ] The baby boy name Anwar is pronounced AE-NWaa-R †. Anwar is of Arabic origin. It is used mainly in the Arabic, English, and Urdu languages. The name means 'light'.

Forms of Anwar include the names Annwar, Annwarr, Anouar, Anour, Anwarr, Anwer, and Anwi.

Another variant of Anwar is the short form An.

See also the related categories, light (sun), english, and arabic.

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 2018.

Baby names that sound like Anwar include Aamer, Aamir, Ainmire, Allmer, Amar, Ameer, Amer, Amir, Amire, Ammar, Ammer, Amor, Amr, Amri, Amry, Amyr, Annar, Annwar, Annwarr, and Anrai.

† 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 "race (R.EY.S)"

A famous person named Anwar is Soldier, Anwar Sadat, born 25 December 1918 - 6 October 1981, Tala District, Egypt.