Tanvir (also spelled Tanbir, Tanveer, Tanweer, Tanver or Tanwir) (Arabic: تنوير, romanised: Tanweer; Pashto/Persian/Urdu: تنویر, romanised: Tanveer; Bengali: তানবীর, romanised: Tanbeer) is a unisex given name and surname, derived from Arabic تنوير meaning 'enlightenment', also derived from Hindi and Punjabi languages in India meaning 'strong in body, brave from body'.
Notable people with this given name
- Tanveer Ghani, British actor
- Tanvi Azmi, Indian Marathi actress
- 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
- ^ "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.
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