| Pronunciation | Arabic: [manˈsˤuːr] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | 'He who is Victorious' |
| Region of origin | Arabia |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Mansour, Mansoor |
| Variant form(s) | Nasir, Nasser, Nasri, Nasrallah, Nasir al-Din Victor, Vincent |
Mansur (Arabic: منصور, Manṣūr; also spelled Mounsor, Monsur (Bengali), Mansoor, Manser, Mansour, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur) is a male Arabic name that means "He who is victorious", from the Arabic root naṣr (نصر), meaning "victory."
The first known bearer of the name was Al-Mansur, second Abbasid caliph and the founder of Baghdad.
Other people called Mansur during the golden Age of Islam include:
- Ismail al-Mansur, third Caliph of the Fatimids
- Mansur ad-Din of Adal, a sultan of Adal
- Mansur Al-Hallaj, a Persian mystic, writer, and teacher of Sufism
- Almanzor, 10th-century ruler of al-Andalus
- Mansur ibn Ilyas, a Timurid physician
- Mansur Khan (Moghul Khan), a khan of Moghulistan
- Mansur Shah of Malacca, a sultan of Malacca
- Mansur I of Samanid and Mansur II of Samanid, amirs of the Samanids
Imams of Yemen
- Al-Mansur Yahya (d. 976)
- Al-Mansur Abdallah (1166-1217)
- Al-Mansur al-Hasan (1199–1271)
- Al-Mansur an-Nasir (d. 1462)
- Al-Mansur Muhammad, Imam of Yemen (1441-1505)
- Al-Mansur al-Husayn (1669 - 1720)
- Al-Mansur Ali I (1738-1809)
- Al-Mansur Ahmad (d. 1853)
- Al-Mansur Ali II, Imam of Yemen (1812 - 1871)
- Al-Mansur al-Husayn III (d.1888)
Modern given name
The spelling Mansur is most commonly seen as the Turkic form. While the transliteration Mansoor is typically used by South Asians. Mansur or Mansour is used in Turkic languages, Iranian languages or Arabic, and Mensur is used in the Bosnian language.
Mansur
- Mansur Yavaş Turkish politician and the mayor of Ankara
- Mensur Akgün, Turkish scholar
- Mansour (singer), Iranian singer
- Mensur Bajramović, Bosnian basketball coach
- Mensur Suljović, professional darts player
- Mensur Kurtiši, Macedonian association football player
- Sheikh Mansur, Chechen leader against Catherine the Great's Russia
- Mansur Mozaffarov, Russian Tatar composer and pedagogue
Mansoor
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer
- Mansoor Al-Shehail, Saudi Arabian professional wrestler
- Mansoor Ahmed, Pakistani hockey player
- Mansoor Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
- Mansoor Amjad, Pakistani cricketer
- Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian political theorist and activist
- Mansoor Ijaz, American commentator and businessman
- Mansoor Muhammed Ali Qattaa, Saudi Arabian held in detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps
- Mansoor Khan, Pakistani film maker
- Mullah Bakht Mohammed, military commander for Afghanistan's Taliban known as Mansoor Dadullah
- Mansoor Muftah, Qatari football player
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, nawab of Bengal
- Mansoor Zaman, Pakistani professional squash player
Mansour
- Mansour bin Mutaib Al Saud Saudi politician
- Mansour al-Balawi, former Al-Ittihad president
- Mansour Al-Thagafi, Saudi Arabian footballer.
- Mansour (singer), Iranian singer
- Mansour F. Armaly, Palestinian-American physician and researcher
- Mansour Bahrami, Iranian tennis player
- Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates
- Mansour Leghaei, Iranian Shia Imam and Founder of the Imam Husain Islamic Centre
- Mansour Matloubi, Iranian professional poker player
- Mansour Osanlou, Iranian trade union activist
- Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer, musician, and producer
- Mansour Seck, Senegalese singer and musician
- Mansour Zalzal, Abbasid musician and composer
Similar
- Almanzo Wilder, American farmer, whose first name is a form of al-Manṣūr.
- Mansurul Haq, Pakistani admiral and Chief of Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy
- Mansyur S., Indonesian Dangdut singer
Surname
Mansour
- Adly Mansour, acting President of Egypt
- Agnes Mary Mansour, American political figure and former nun
- Ahmed Subhy Mansour, Egyptian cleric, founder of the Quranist group
- Akhtar Mohammad Mansour (1968–2016), leader of the Taliban, in Afghanistan
- Amir Mansour, American professional boxer
- Eli Mansour, American rabbi, author/writer
- Gueye Mansour, Senegalese footballer
- Hend Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabian-American artist
- Josh Mansour, Australian Rugby League player
- Joyce Mansour, British born Egyptian Surrealist poet who also wrote in French
- Mustafa Mansour, Egyptian footballer
- Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour, Egyptian street gang leader and serial killer
- Reda Mansour, Israeli writer, historian and diplomat
- Richard Mansour, better known as Dick Dale, Lebanese-American guitarist
- Shadia Mansour, British born Palestinian singer
- Sliman Mansour, Palestinian painter
- Toufik Mansour, mathematician
Mansoor
- Belal Mansoor Ali, Bahraini runner from Kenya
- Ghulam Mansoor, Subedar major, Bhopal state
- M. A. Mansoor, Egyptian antiquarian
- Maghfoor Mansoor, Pakistani native who was a fugitive in the United States
- Misha Mansoor, American musician and founder of the Progressive Metal band Periphery
- Peter Mansoor, Palestinian American Army colonel, executive officer to Gen. Petraeus during Iraq War troop surge of 2007
- Shoaib Mansoor, Pakistani film producer, director, writer, lyricist, and composer
Mansur
- Ali Mansur, prime minister of Iran
- Hassan-Ali Mansur, Iranian politician and prime minister
- Jossy Mansur, Aruban newspaper editor of Lebanese descent
- Mallikarjun Mansur, Indian classical singer
- Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politician and prime minister
- Sheikh Mukhtar Robow, leader and spokesman for Somalia's al-Shabaab known as Abu Mansur
- Ustad Mansur, Mughal painter from India
See also
- Al-Mansur (disambiguation)
- Manzur, an unrelated name
- Mansura (disambiguation)
- Mansurnagar Union