Niloufar
Niloufar, Nilophur, Nelofar, Nilofar, Nilufar, Niloofar, Neelofar, Neiloufar or Nîlûfar (Persian: نیلوفر), meaning Precious, Rare, blue lotus, Nymphaea or water lily is a female given name of Persian origin, ultimately from Sanskrit: नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala, “blue lotus”).
Nounoufar (Armenian: Նունուֆար) is the Armenian version of it.
People
- Niloufar Ardalan, (born 1985), Iranian footballer, captain of the Iranian national women's football team
- Nilofar Bakhtiar (born 1957), Pakistani politician and public official
- Niloufar Bayani, (born 1986), Iranian wildlife conservation biology researcher and activist.
- Niloofar Beyzaie (born 1967), Iranian dramaturge, theatre director and playwright
- Nilüfer Hanımsultan, (1916-1989), Princess of Turkey by birth and princess of Hyderabad State by marriage.
- Nelufar Hedayat, (born 1988), British journalist and presenter
- Nilufar Mamadalieva, biochemist from Uzbekistan
- Neelofa Noor, (born 1989), Malaysian actress, television host
- Nelofer Pazira (born 1973), Canadian filmmaker, author, and journalist
- Niloofar Rahmani, Afghan lady air force pilot
- Nilofar Sakhi, Afghan women's rights activist
- Niloufar Salehi, American-Iranian computer scientist
- Nilofar Suhrawardy, Indian journalist and author
- Niloufar Talebi, British-born Iranian-American author, literary translator, and multidisciplinary artist
- 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
Films
Other uses
- Cyclone Nilofar, a 2014 storm
See also
- Nilüfer (disambiguation), the Turkish version of the name
- Neeloo, Nilima, Nilofar, a 2000 Hindi novel by Indian writer Bhisham Sahni