Niloufar

This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Niloufar (disambiguation).

Niloufar

Water Lily in the Sunlight by John La Farge.
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Persian
Meaning	Lotus or water lily
Region of origin	Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan
Other names
Related names	Nilüfer

Niloufar, Nilophur, Nelofar, Nilofar, Nilufar, Niloofar, Neelofar, Neiloufar or Nîlûfar (Persian: نیلوفر), meaning 'precious', 'rare', 'blue lotus', 'Nymphaea' or 'water lily' is a female given name of Persian origin, ultimately from Sanskrit: नीलोत्पल (nīlōtpala, 'blue lotus').

Nounoufar (Armenian: Նունուֆար) is the Armenian version of it.

People

• Niloofar Ardalan, (born 1985), Iranian footballer, captain of the Iranian national women's football team
• Nilofar Bakhtiar (born 1957), Pakistani politician and public official
• Niloufar Bayani, (born 1986), Iranian wildlife conservation biology researcher and activist.
• Niloofar Beyzaie (born 1967), Iranian dramaturge, theatre director and playwright
• Nilufer Hanımsultan, (1916-1989), Princess of Turkey by birth and princess of Hyderabad State by marriage.
• Nelufar Hedayat, (born 1988), British journalist and presenter
• Nilufar Mamadalieva, biochemist from Uzbekistan
• Neelofa (Neelofa Noor, born 1989), Malaysian actress, television host
• Nelofer Pazira (born 1973), Canadian filmmaker, author, and journalist
• Niloofar Rahmani, Afghan lady air force pilot
• Nilofar Sakhi, Afghan women's rights activist
• Niloufar Salehi, American-Iranian computer scientist
• Nilofar Suhrawardy, Indian journalist and author
• Niloufar Talebi, British-born Iranian-American author, literary translator, and multidisciplinary artist
• Nilufar Usmonova, Uzbek singer and actress
• Nilufar Yasmin, Bangladeshi singer

See also

• Nilüfer (disambiguation), the Turkish version of the name