Worldwide, Noury (نوري 
, Noury 
, Нуры 
) is a common mostly masculine, but infrequently female forename. The first name Noury is characteristic of Libya, where it is a common principally masculine, but very infrequently girly name, Iraq, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but very seldom female name, and Syria. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Iraq, Libya, and Sudan. Likewise, Noury is the last name as well as the forename.