Name meaning & stats
Anwar
Anwar means “most luminous” (Arabic origin). 2,864 US babies since 1940, peak 1978.
What it means
“most luminous”
ArabicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1978
2,864 US babies were named Anwar between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Anwar (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1978)