Niloufar

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
Other names
Related names	Nilüfer

Niloufar, Nilophur, Nelofar, Nilofar, Nilufar, Niloofar, Neelofar or Neiloufar (Persian: نیلوفر), meaning blue lotus, Nymphaea or water lily, is a female given name of Persian origin. Nounoufar (Armenian: Նունուֆար) is the Armenian version of it. It may refer to:

People

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

Movies

• Niloofar, a 2008 Iranian movie
• Neelofar, a Pakistani movie

Other uses

• Cyclone Nilofar, a 2014 storm

See also

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