Tanvir
Tanvir (also spelled Tanbir, Tanveer, Tanweer, Tanver or Tanwir; Arabic: تنوير, romanised: Tanwīr; Pashto/Persian/Urdu: تنویر, romanised: Tanvīr; Bengali: তানভীর, romanised: Tānbhīr) is a unisex given name and surname, derived from Arabic تنوير meaning "enlightenment",[1] also derived from Hindi and Punjabi languages in India meaning "strong in body, brave from body".[1][2][3]
Notable people with this given name
- Tanveer Ghani, British actor
- Tanveer Abbasi (born 1934), Pakistani poet
- Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky (born 1939), Bangladeshi politician and former state minister
- Tanvir Gill, Indian Gujrati News Anchor
- Tanvir Mokammel (born 1955), Bangladeshi film director
- Tanveer Imam (born 1960), Bangladeshi politician
- Tanweer Hasan, Bangladeshi vice-chancellor
- Tanvir Ahmed (born 1972), Bangladeshi cricket umpire
- Tanveer Aslam Malik (born 1972), Pakistani politician
- Tanveer Ahmed (born 1975), Bangladeshi-Australian psychiatrist and journalist
- Tanvir Shakil Joy (born 1976), Bangladeshi politician
- Tanvir Hasan Soto Monir (born 1978), Bangladeshi politician
- Tanvir Ahmed (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
- Tanwir Afzal (born 1988), Hongkongese-Pakistani cricketer
- Tanbir Hayder Khan (born 1991), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Tanvir Islam (born 1996), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Tanveer Faiz, former vice admiral of the Pakistan Navy
- Tanveer Ahmed (boxer), Pakistani boxer
- Tanveer Ahmed (footballer), Pakistani footballer
- Tanvir Tareq, Bangladeshi music composer, director, singer, and television anchor
- Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed, Pakistan Air Force officer
- Tanvir Gill, a news anchor at CNBC
- Rana Tanveer Hussain, former Minister in Pakistan
- Tanvir Hussain, English terrorist convicted for the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot
- Tanveer Ashraf Kaira, Politician
- Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Pakistan Air Force officer
- Tanvir Mehdi, Pakistani cricketer
- Tanveer Naqvi, Pakistani general
- Tanvir Sadiq, Indian politician
- Tanveer Zaidi.Indian film actor and educationist
Notable people with this surname
- Habib Tanvir, Indian theatre director
- Nial Tanvir, British astronomer
- Shehzad Tanweer, English Islamic terrorist and perpetrator of the 7/7 attacks
- Sohail Tanvir, Pakistani cricketer
See also
- Tanwir al-Miqbas, Islamic study book
- All articles beginning with Tanveer or Tanvir
- All articles beginning with Tanwir
References
- ^ a b "Name Tanveer Meaning, Origin etc. - Boy Names - Baby Name Tanveer". Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "Tanveer". Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ^ "Punjabi meaning of Tanveer. Tanveer Name Horoscopes details". www.nameurbaby.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.