Mansur

Mansur (Arabic: منصور, Manṣūr; also spelled Mounsor, Monsur (Bengali), Mansoor, Manser, Mansour, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur) is a male Arabic name that means "He who is victorious", from the Arabic root naṣr (نصر), meaning "victory."

Mansur
PronunciationArabic: [manˈsˤuːr]
GenderMale
Language(s)Arabic
Origin
Meaning'He who is Victorious'
Region of originArabia
Other names
Alternative spellingMansour, Mansoor
Variant form(s)Nasir, Nasser, Nasri, Nasrallah, Nasir al-Din Victor, Vincent

The first known bearer of the name was Al-Mansur, second Abbasid caliph and the founder of Baghdad.

Other people called Mansur during the golden Age of Islam include:

Imams of Yemen

Modern given name

The spelling Mansur is most commonly seen as the Turkic form. While the transliteration Mansoor is typically used by South Asians. Mansur or Mansour is used in Turkic languages, Iranian languages or Arabic, and Mensur is used in the Bosnian language.

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