Mansur
/mænˈsʊər/noun
A masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin.
Did you know?The name became especially famous through the Abbasid caliph al-Manṣūr, whose title meant “the victorious” or “the one granted victory.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*n-ṣ-r
“A reconstructed root associated with helping, supporting, or aiding”
Pre-Islamic Arabic
Arabic
naṣara
“To help, aid, or grant support”
7th Century
Quranic Arabic
manṣūr
“Helped, aided, or granted victory”
8th Century
Classical Arabic
al-Manṣūr
““The victorious,” a title famously borne by the second Abbasid caliph”
Medieval Period
Arabic and Persian
Manṣūr
“A personal name conveying divine or military victory”
Modern English
English
Mansur
“An established transliteration of the Arabic name Manṣūr”