79%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian Scripts أنور(Arabic) انور(Urdu) Pronounced Pron. /ˈʔan.war/(Arabic) /ˈan.war/(Indonesian) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "brighter, more luminous" in Arabic, related to نور (nūr) meaning "light". This name was borne by Egyptian president Anwar Sadat (1918-1981), who was assassinated three years after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootnawwaraVariantAnwer(Arabic) Other Languages & CulturesEnver(Albanian) Ənvər(Azerbaijani) Enver(Bosnian) Anvar(Kyrgyz) Anvar(Tajik) Anvar(Tatar) Enver(Turkish) Anvar(Uzbek) User SubmissionsÄnwär, Anwar PopularityDetails Last ranked #793 in 2006 England and Wales Last ranked #324 in 2010 Spain (by decade) Last ranked #949 in 1984 United States People think this name isRate·Details mature formal upper class strong strange complex serious Categories boxers, currently out of the US top 1000, Fortnite characters, light, peace, Sex Education characters, victims, world leaders