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- Origin: Turkish
- Meaning: “moonlight.”
- Gender: feminine
- Pronunciation: I-noor; i-NOO-rah
Aynur is a Turkic female name, which is composed of the elements, ay (moon) and nur (light). It’s various offshoots across Central Asia have been popularly used.
Aynur appeared in the Turkish Top 100 Female Names between 1980-1997, and peaked at #22 in 1980.
Aynur is used as a female name in Azerbaijan, among the Uyghur and the Kurds. Among the Tatars of Russia, it is a masculine name, while Ajnur is a male name in Bosnia and Albania, it currently ranks in as the 11th most popular male name in Bosnia & Herzegovina (2019).
Other forms include:
- Ajnura (Albanian, Bosnian)
- Ainur Айнұр (Kazakh)
- Ainura, Aynura Айнура (Kyrgyz)
- Ainuria, Aynurya Айнурия (Tatar)
Sources
- https://www.behindthename.com/name/aynur
- https://www.behindthename.com/name/ajnur
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatar_name
- https://tureng.com
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aynur
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aynur
