Anwar (name)

Anwar, Anwer, Anwaar, Anuar, or Anouar is the English transliteration of two given names and surnames of Arabic origin: the masculine given name ʼAnwar (أنور), meaning "luminous" or the feminine given name ʼAnwār (أنوار), meaning "a collection of lights". In Arabic, Anwar is also a comparative adjective with the meaning of "more enlightened". Both variations may also be encountered as surnames, sometimes also with the accompanying "al" (the definite article "the"), as in Al Anwar. Notable people with the name include:

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Surname

Fictional characters with the given name

• Anwar Kharral, character in the British drama series Skins
• Anwar Ibrahim, character in the science-fiction novel series The Familiar by Mark Z. Danielewski
• Anwar, a cat marionette in ITV Meridian children's TV show The Ark
• Suvi Anwar, a character in the science-fiction video game Mass Effect: Andromeda
• Anwar, character in the British comedy-drama series Sex Education

See also

• Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar, a colonial order of merit of the Tajurah sultanate in French Somaliland
• Anvar
• Enver

References

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