Nour

Nour is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Nour are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 21%Female 79%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 21% male / 79% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: Arabic and Persian countries, United States
US births since 1880: 435 male / 2,056 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Nour

To address Nour when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Nour," in English, "Guten Tag Nour," in German. About 21% of people named Nour are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Nour,

German

Guten Tag Nour,

French

Bonjour Nour,

Spanish

Estimado/a Nour:

Chinese

Nour您好：

Japanese

Nour様

English

Hi Nour,

German

Hi Nour,

French

Salut Nour,

Spanish

Hola Nour,

Chinese

Nour你好：

Japanese

Nourさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Nour by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
Arabic and Persian countries	uncommon	woman's name	25%
United States	uncommon	woman's name	18%

United States birth data

435 male · 2,056 female · 2,491 births recorded

Male 17%Female 83%

Since 1980: 17% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Nour a male or female name?

Nour is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Nour are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Nour in an email?

Is Nour a unisex name?

Nour is not a unisex name: 21% of people named Nour are men. Nour leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Nour a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/nour (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_nour,
  title  = {Is Nour a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/nour},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}