Mansur, name meaning in Islam
Mansur means helped to victory. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it comes from and names like it.
Boy name · Arabic
مَنْصُور
Mansur
Helped to victory
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- Arabic
- مَنْصُور
- Say it
- man-SOOR
- Root
- ن ص ر
- In the Quran
- No
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Meaning
Mansur, explained
Mansur (مَنْصُور) is an Arabic name for boys. It means helped to victory.
Meaning and root
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Mansur comes from the root ن ص ر, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
Is Mansur in the Quran?
No. Mansur is not a word in the Quran. A name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good. The Prophet ﷺ changed names with bad meanings and kept names with good ones.1
How to say and write Mansur
Say it man-SOOR. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Mansoor and Mansour. In Arabic it is written with 5 letters, from right to left: م mim + ن nun + ص ṣad + و waw + ر ra.
Choosing Mansur
Many parents choose Mansur to name their child after someone from the early generations of Islam, hoping the child will grow up with the same qualities. With the father's name it becomes Mansur bin (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
Famous people named Mansur
- Abu Jafar al-Mansur, the Abbasid caliph who founded Baghdad
Names like Mansur
- Sahih Muslim 2139, the Prophet ﷺ changing a name with a bad meaning.
- Sahih Muslim 2315.
- Sahih Muslim 2132.
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Questions
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What does Mansur mean in Islam?
Mansur (مَنْصُور) means helped to victory. It is an Arabic name for boys.
Is Mansur in the Quran?
No, the name Mansur is not in the Quran, but it has a good meaning, so it is fine to use.
Is Mansur a boy or girl name?
Mansur is used as a boy's name.
How do you write Mansur in Arabic?
Mansur is written مَنْصُور in Arabic, said man-SOOR.
Is it Mansur or Mansoor?
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, مَنْصُور. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.