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I saw a woman online called Nurzita (rus Нурзита). I thought that maybe it's a Turkic name because "nur" (I don't know what it means but I know it's a name root). Does anyone know what culture it is or what it means?
This message was edited 1/23/2025, 7:36 PM
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The "nur" part is probably from the Arabic word نور (nūr) meaning "light", but I'm not exactly sure what the second element is. It looks like this name is also used in Malaysia, although it seems to be pretty rare.
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If you looked on forebears, so did I. It said there are no bearers in Russia, but I can find quite a few on social media. It doesn't sound like a Russian name but it also doesn't really sound super Turkic. I just thought that because "nur" sounds Turkic. From my social media search I can say maybe it's related to Nuriya (or Nurziya?) and also the one I found first went by Nyura. The surnames of the Nurzitas seem to all be pretty Turkic.
A lot of them are called Nuriya but you can see there are still some Nurzitas.
https://m.ok.ru/dk?st.cmd=anonymUsersOnlySearchV2&st.university=&st.gn=&st.ageF=&st.cityId=&st.single=false&st.search=Нурзита&st.school=&st.ageT=&st.online=false&_prevCmd=anonymUsersOnlySearchV2&tkn=6551&=&__dp=y&_searchToolbarMode=false&_searchFieldId=AnonymUsersOnlySearchFormV2Field&_searchQueryType=0
A lot of them are called Nuriya but you can see there are still some Nurzitas.
https://m.ok.ru/dk?st.cmd=anonymUsersOnlySearchV2&st.university=&st.gn=&st.ageF=&st.cityId=&st.single=false&st.search=Нурзита&st.school=&st.ageT=&st.online=false&_prevCmd=anonymUsersOnlySearchV2&tkn=6551&=&__dp=y&_searchToolbarMode=false&_searchFieldId=AnonymUsersOnlySearchFormV2Field&_searchQueryType=0
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I checked LinkedIn and did a standard Google search, which brought up a couple of bearers from Malaysia:
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir?firstName=Nurzita&lastName=&trk=people-guest_people-search-bar_search-submit
https://www.instagram.com/nurzitaabdwahab/
https://www.instagram.com/nurzitazolpkar/
https://pharmacy.moh.gov.my/ms/direktori/nurzita-binti-ahmad-nasir.html
(Though in Malay "nur" is more frequently spelled as "nor", so the variant "Norzita" is more common over there: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir?firstName=Norzita&lastName=&trk=people-guest_people-search-bar_search-submit)
Regardless, I agree that it doesn't sound like a Russian name. I have seen a few names that seem to be used in both Southeast Asia and Turkic-speaking countries, though -- it could be due to the fact that the Arabic "nur" element is commonly used in names in both of those regions.
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir?firstName=Nurzita&lastName=&trk=people-guest_people-search-bar_search-submit
https://www.instagram.com/nurzitaabdwahab/
https://www.instagram.com/nurzitazolpkar/
https://pharmacy.moh.gov.my/ms/direktori/nurzita-binti-ahmad-nasir.html
(Though in Malay "nur" is more frequently spelled as "nor", so the variant "Norzita" is more common over there: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir?firstName=Norzita&lastName=&trk=people-guest_people-search-bar_search-submit)
Regardless, I agree that it doesn't sound like a Russian name. I have seen a few names that seem to be used in both Southeast Asia and Turkic-speaking countries, though -- it could be due to the fact that the Arabic "nur" element is commonly used in names in both of those regions.
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Do these submissions look good to you?
https://www.behindthename.com/name/nurzita/submitted
https://www.behindthename.com/name/norzita/submitted
https://www.behindthename.com/name/nurzita/submitted
https://www.behindthename.com/name/norzita/submitted
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