| Pronunciation | IPA: [manˈsˤuːr] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | 'He who is Victorious' |
| Region of origin | Arabia |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Mansur, Mansoor |
| Variant form(s) | Nasir, Nasser, Nasri, Nasrallah, Nasir al-Din Victor, Vincent |
Mansour (Arabic: منصور, Manṣūr); also spelled Mounsor, Monsur (Bengali), Mansoor, Manser, Mansur, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur (Turkish), is a male Arabic name that means "He who is victorious", from the Arabic root naṣr (نصر), meaning "victory."
The first known bearer of the name was Mansur ibn Sarjun, Byzantine governor of Damascus in the late 500s and early 600s, who surrendered the city to the Muslims in 635.
Other people called Mansur include, during the golden Age of Islam: