# Anwar

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #23,746

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Arabic.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَنْوَر (ʔanwar, “most luminous”).

## Easily confused with
- **awa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anwar-vs-awa)
- **away** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anwar-vs-away)
- **Anya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anwar-vs-anya)
- **award** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anwar-vs-award)
- **aware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anwar-vs-aware)
- **ANZAC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anwar-vs-anzac)
- **Azhar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anwar-vs-azhar)
- **anyway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anwar-vs-anyway)
- **ana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ana-vs-anwar)
- **Aar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aar-vs-anwar)
- **anna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anna-vs-anwar)
- **anal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anal-vs-anwar)
- **Afar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/afar-vs-anwar)
- **agar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agar-vs-anwar)
- **Amar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amar-vs-anwar)
- **Anda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anda-vs-anwar)
- **ajar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajar-vs-anwar)
- **anger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anger-vs-anwar)
- **altar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/altar-vs-anwar)
- **Annan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/annan-vs-anwar)

## Common misspellings (7)
`anawr`, `annwar`, `anwarr`, `anwra`, `anwwar`, `awnar`, `nawar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/anwar