Noorani

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نورانی (nurâni, “luminous, glittering”).

Proper noun

Noorani (plural Nooranis)

1. A surname from Persian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Noorani is the 32203^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 716 individuals. Noorani is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (74.72%) and White (18.72%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Noorani”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 676.

Finnish

Proper noun

Noorani

1. inflection of Noora:
   1. first-person singular possessive form of nominative/genitive singular
   2. first-person singular possessive form of nominative/accusative plural