Abdel Nour

Abdel Nour (Arabic: عبد النور‎) is a male given name and, in modern usage, surname. The name is used by Muslims and also by Coptic Orthodox Christians of Egypt and Orthodox Christians in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Nur, and means "servant of the Light", An-Nūr being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1][2]

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by e. Because the letter n is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to Abd al-Nur, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd an-Noor. Alternative transliterations include Abdennour and others, all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

It may refer to:

Males

James Abdnor (1923 - 2012), American politician
Abdennour Abrous (born 1934), Algerian diplomat
Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour (born 1945), Egyptian politician
Mustafa Haji Abdinur (born 1981), Somali journalist
Jean Abdelnour (born 1983), Lebanese basketball player
Abdennour Cherif El Ouazzani (born 1986), Algerian footballer
Aymen Abdennour (born 1989), Tunisian footballer
Ziad Abdelnour (born 1960), Lebanese-born American investment banker

Females

Cyrine Abdelnour (born 1977), Lebanese singer, actress, and model

References

Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.

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[ahmed-1] Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.

[rahman-2] S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.