كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ ٥٤
Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
حُور
Hoor: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Ḥūr
In the QuranThe “houris”, women of Paradise with dazzling white eyes
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Ad-Dukhan 44:54.
Hoor in Islam
The word occurs four times in the Quran, in the descriptions of Paradise: “We will pair them with houris with wide eyes” (44:54), “houris with wide eyes, like well-guarded pearls” (56:22-23).
Meaning of the name Hoor
Hur is the plural of hawraʾ: a woman whose eye-whites are intensely white and irises deeply black, an image of beauty for the Arabs (root h-w-r, dazzling whiteness). The Quran uses it for the companions promised to the blessed in Paradise. The name Hoor, or Houria in the Maghreb, is given in this sense.
- In Arabic
- حُور حور
- Transliteration
- Ḥūr
- Root
- ح و ر · 13 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Hoor in the Quran?
Yes: the word Hoor appears in the Quran 4 times, in 4 surahs.
وَحُورٌ عِينٌ ٢٢
And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ ٢٠
They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ ٧٢
Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
All the words of the root ح و ر in the Quran (13 occurrences)
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Hoor in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Hoor in each language
- French
- Hour, Houria, Hur
- English
- Hoor, Hur
- Spanish
- Hur
- Turkish
- Huri
- Arabic
- حُور