Noorani
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian نورانی (nurâni, “luminous, glittering”).
Proper noun
Noorani (plural Nooranis)
- A surname from Persian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Noorani is the 32203rd 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 676.
Finnish
Proper noun
Noorani
- inflection of Noora:
- first-person singular possessive form of nominative/genitive singular
- first-person singular possessive form of nominative/accusative plural