Niloufar

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

• Niloufar 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
• Nilüfer 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 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

Places

• Sarab-e Nilufar, village in Baladarband Rural District, in the Central District of Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran
• Shahrak-e Sarab Nilufar, village in Baladarband Rural District, in the Central District of Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran

Films

• Niloofar (film), a 2008 Iranian film
• Neelofar (film), a 2025 Pakistani film

Other uses

• Cyclone Nilofar, a 2014 storm

See also

• Nilüfer (disambiguation), the Turkish version of the name
• Neeloo, Nilima, Nilofar, a 2000 Hindi novel by Indian writer Bhisham Sahni