Muneer (also spelled Moneer, Monir, Mounir, or Muneyr, , meaning illuminating, lightsome, bright, luminous) is a masculine Arabic given name, it may refer to:
Given name
- Muneer Ahmad, American professor of law
- Munir Akram (born 1945), Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations from 2002 to 2008
- Munir al-Rayyes (1901âÂÂ1992), was a prominent Syrian newspaper editor and writer
- Munir Awad (born 1981), citizen of Sweden who has fallen under suspicion of an association with terrorism
- Muneer Ahmed Badini (born 1953), Pakistani writer
- Munir Bashir (1930âÂÂ1997), Assyrian musician
- Munir Bhatti (died 2024), Pakistani field hockey player
- Münir Ertegün (1883âÂÂ1944), Turkish politician
- Muneer Fareed (born 1956), American scholar
- Münir Hüsrev Göle (1890âÂÂ1955), Turkish politician
- Munir El Haddadi (born 1995), Moroccan footballer
- Mounir El Hamdaoui (born 1984), Dutch-Moroccan footballer
- Monir Haidar, Bangladeshi journalist and political analyst
- Monir Hossain (born 1985), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Monir Hossain Manu (1959âÂÂ2018), Bangladeshi footballer
- Munir Ahmad Khan (1926âÂÂ1999), Pakistani nuclear engineer
- Mounir Maasri (born 1940), Lebanese actor
- Mounir El Motassadeq (born 1974), Moroccan al-Qaeda member
- Mounir Mourad (1922âÂÂ1981), Egyptian artist
- Munir Bin Naseer, citizen of Pakistan who was detained in Guantanamo Bay
- Munir Niazi (1923âÂÂ2006), Urdu poet
- Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour (born 1945), Egyptian politician
- Münir ÃÂzkul (1925âÂÂ2018), Turkish cinema and theatre actor
- Munir Ahmad Rashid (born 1934), Pakistani mathematician, and nuclear scientist
- Muneer Sait (born 1940), Indian field hockey goalkeeper
- Münir Nurettin Selçuk (1900âÂÂ1981), Turkish classical musician and tenor singer
- Munir Said Thalib (1965âÂÂ2004), Indonesian activist
- Munir Shakir (1969âÂÂ2025), Pakistani Islamic cleric
- Mounir Yemmouni (born 1983), French middle-distance runner
- Mounir Zeghdoud (born 1970), Algerian footballer
- Munir Sarhadi (1931âÂÂ1980), Pakistani instrumentalist and Sarinda-player
- M. K. Muneer (born 1962), Indian politician, doctor and former Health Minister, Kerala state.
Surname
Compound names with Munir as a prefix
- Munir-ul-Islam (disambiguation), multiple people
- Munir-uz-Zaman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Munir-ul-Haqq, multiple people
- Munir-ul-Haqq Sakku, first Mayor of Comilla, Bangladesh
- Munir-ul-Haqq Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician and general secretary of Mohammedan Sporting Club
- Munir-ud-Din, multiple people
- Munir-ud-Din Khan (born 1974), Bengali poet and writer
- Munir-ud-Din Yusuf (1919âÂÂ1987), Bangladeshi writer, journalist and translator
- A. K. Mohammad Munir-ul-Bahar, Bangladesh Air Force officer and Vice Chancellor of Aviation and Aerospace University
- Quazi Munir-ul-Huda, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician
See also