Anwar is an Arabic male name meaning “bright, luminous, shining” though it’s also an Arabic surname derived from the given name.
Origin: Arabic

Variants:
- Anwer (Arabic)
- Enver (Turkish, Bosnian)
- Anouar (Arabic)
- Anwaar (Arabic)
- Anvar (Uzbek, Tatar, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Dagestani, Kumyk)