MEANING & HISTORY
What does Mansour mean?
Mansour represents Arabic Mansur, a passive form associated with being helped or made victorious. The root concerns assistance and victory rather than the personal name Man joined to another word.
Mansour and Mansur are romanization forms of the same Arabic tradition. The favourable gloss is historical language, not a promise of success.
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Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Arabic مَنْصُور (manṣūr).
A transliteration of the Arabic male given name مَنْصُور (manṣūr)
Wiktionary: Mansour (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Mansour
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Mansoor L. Limba
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Mansoor L. Limba
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Mansour in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Mansour
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Mando♂Clipped familiar form of Armando
- Manolo♂Affectionate form of Manuel; God is with us
- Mason♂Stoneworker
- Masoy♂Familiar form of Damaso
- Saviour♂One who saves or rescues; also a Christian title
- Malcolm♂Devotee of Saint Columba
- Maloi♀Blend of Ma. and Loi
- Manasseh·Causing to forget, in the biblical explanation
What rhymes with Mansour?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Mansour further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q19381004 — Mansour (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Mansoor L. Limba (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19381004 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Mansour (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Mansour (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.