Mansour
PronunciationArabic: [manˈsˤuːr]
GenderMale
Language(s)Arabic
Origin
Meaning'He who is Victorious'
Region of originArabia
Other names
Alternative spellingMansur, Mansoor
Variant form(s)Nasir, Nasser, Nasri, Nasrallah, Nasir al-Din Victor, Vincent

Mansour (Arabic: منصور, Manṣūr); also spelled Mounsor, Monsur (Bengali), Mansoor, Manser, Mansur, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur (Turkish), is a male Arabic name that means "He who is victorious", from the Arabic root naṣr (نصر), meaning "victory."

The first known bearer of the name was Mansur ibn Sarjun, Byzantine governor of Damascus in the late 500s and early 600s, who surrendered the city to the Moslems in 635.

Other people called Mansur include, during the golden Age of Islam:

Imams of Yemen

Modern given name

Mansur or Mansour is used in Turkic languages, Iranian languages and Arabic, while the transliteration Mansoor is typically used by South Asians, and Mensur is used in the Bosnian language.

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