Nuri (also spelled Nouri, Noori, Nori or Noory, , ) is a unisex name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Nuri Ja'far (1914âÂÂ1991), Iraqi psychologist and philosopher of education
- Nuri Badran (born 1943), Iraqi politician
- Nuri Berköz (1889âÂÂ1975), Azerbaijani general
- Nuri Boytorun (1908âÂÂ1988), Turkish wrestler
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 1959), Turkish filmmaker
- Nuri Demiraà(1886âÂÂ1957), Turkish industrialist
- Nuri Killigil (1881âÂÂ1949), general in the Ottoman army
- Nuri Kino (born 1965), Swedish journalist and filmmaker
- Nouri al-Maliki (born 1950), Prime Minister of Iraq
- Nuri al-Mismari (born 1942), Libyan politician and diplomat
- Nuri Montsé (1917âÂÂ1971), Argentine actress
- Nuri Ok (1942âÂÂ2015), Turkish judge
- Nouri Ouznadji (born 1984), Algerian footballer
- Nuri as-Said (1888âÂÂ1958), Iraqi politician
- Nuri bin Hazaa Al Shalaan (1847âÂÂ1942), Arab tribe chief
- Nuri Sojliu (1870âÂÂ1940), signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
- Nuri Ã
Âahin (born 1988), Turkish footballer
- Nuri Ã
Âahin (volleyball player) (born 1980), Turkish volleyball player
Surname
- Abdelhak Nouri (born 1997), Dutch footballer
- Abdollah Nouri, Iranian politician
- Alekhine Nouri, Filipino chess master
- Alexander Nouri (born 1979), Iranian-German football manager
- Alireza Noori, Iranian politician
- George Noory, radio talk show host
- Hossein Nuri, Iranian painter, dramaturge, and filmmaker
- Kat Nouri, Iranian-born American entrepreneur and inventor
- Michael Nouri, Lebanese-American actor
- Milad Nouri (footballer born 1986), Iranian footballer
- Milad Nouri (footballer, born 1993), Iranian footballer
- Mina Nouri (born 1951), Iranian painter
- Mohammad Nouri (footballer), Iranian footballer
- Mohammad Nouri (singer), Iranian singer
- Moshtaque Ahmad Noori, Indian Urdu short story writer and critic
- Parviz Nouri (1938âÂÂ2026), Iranian movie critic, screenwriter, and director
- Pejman Nouri, Iranian footballer
- Pir Syed Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri, Islamic saint
- Sayid Abdulloh Nuri (1947âÂÂ2006), leader of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
- Shahab Sheikh Nuri (1932âÂÂ1976), Kurdish politician
- Sheikh Fazlollah Noori, Iranian cleric
- Süleyman Nuri (1895âÂÂ1966), Ottoman Russian communist politician
- Vahid Nouri (born 1989), Iranian paralympic judoka
- Vivian Nouri (born 1993), known professionally as NOURI (artist), New Zealand recording artist of Kurdish descent
- Yochanan ben Nuri, Tanna of the first and second century CE
See also