# Tanvir

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**Tanvir** (also spelled **Tanbir**, **Tanveer**, **Tanweer**, **Tanver** or **Tanwir**; Arabic: تنوير, romanised: *Tanwīr*; [Pashto](/source/Pashto)/[Persian](/source/Persian_language)/[Urdu](/source/Urdu): تنویر, romanised: *Tanvīr*; Bengali: তানভীর, romanised: *Tānbhīr*) is a unisex [given name](/source/Given_name) and [surname](/source/Surname), derived from Arabic تنوير meaning "enlightenment",[1] also derived from [Hindi](/source/Hindi) and [Punjabi languages](/source/Punjabi_language) in India meaning "strong in body, brave from body".[1][2][3]

## Notable people with this given name

- [Tanveer Ghani](/source/Tanveer_Ghani), British actor
- [Tanveer Abbasi](/source/Tanveer_Abbasi) (1934–1999), Pakistani poet
- [Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky](/source/Chowdhury_Tanbir_Ahmed_Siddiky) (born 1939), Bangladeshi politician and former state minister
- [Tanvir Gill](/source/Tanvir_Gill), Indian Gujrati News Anchor
- [Tanvir Mokammel](/source/Tanvir_Mokammel) (born 1955), Bangladeshi film director
- [Tanveer Imam](/source/Tanveer_Imam) (born 1960), Bangladeshi politician
- [Tanweer Hasan](/source/Tanweer_Hasan), Bangladeshi vice-chancellor
- [Tanvir Ahmed](/source/Tanvir_Ahmed_(umpire)) (born 1972), Bangladeshi cricket umpire
- [Tanveer Aslam Malik](/source/Tanveer_Aslam_Malik) (born 1972), Pakistani politician
- [Tanveer Ahmed](/source/Tanveer_Ahmed_(psychiatrist)) (born 1975), Bangladeshi-Australian psychiatrist and journalist
- [Tanvir Shakil Joy](/source/Tanvir_Shakil_Joy) (born 1976), Bangladeshi politician
- [Tanvir Hasan Soto Monir](/source/Soto_Monir) (born 1978), Bangladeshi politician
- [Tanvir Ahmed](/source/Tanvir_Ahmed) (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
- [Tanwir Afzal](/source/Tanwir_Afzal) (born 1988), Hong Kong-Pakistani cricketer
- [Tanbir Hayder Khan](/source/Tanbir_Hayder) (born 1991), Bangladeshi cricketer
- [Tanvir Islam](/source/Tanvir_Islam) (born 1996), Bangladeshi cricketer
- [Tanveer Faiz](/source/Tanveer_Faiz) (born 1958), former vice admiral of the Pakistan Navy
- [Tanveer Ahmed (boxer)](/source/Tanveer_Ahmed_(boxer)) (born 1968), Pakistani boxer
- [Tanveer Ahmed (footballer)](/source/Tanveer_Ahmed_(footballer)) (born 1976), Pakistani footballer
- [Tanvir Tareq](/source/Tanvir_Tareq), Bangladeshi music composer, director, singer, and television anchor
- [Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed](/source/Tanvir_Mahmood_Ahmed) (born 1952), Pakistan Air Force officer
- [Rana Tanveer Hussain](/source/Rana_Tanveer_Hussain) (born 1949), former Minister in Pakistan
- [Tanvir Hussain](/source/Tanvir_Hussain), English terrorist convicted for the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot
- [Tanveer Ashraf Kaira](/source/Tanveer_Ashraf_Kaira) (born 1960), Politician
- [Tanvir Ahmad Khan](/source/Tanvir_Ahmad_Khan) (1932–2013), Pakistan Air Force officer
- [Tanvir Mehdi](/source/Tanvir_Mehdi) (born 1972), Pakistani cricketer
- [Tanveer Naqvi](/source/Tanveer_Naqvi), Pakistani general
- [Tanvir Sadiq](/source/Tanvir_Sadiq), Indian politician
- [Tanveer Zaidi](/source/Tanveer_Zaidi) (born 1975), Indian film actor and educationist

## Notable people with this surname

- [Habib Tanvir](/source/Habib_Tanvir) (1923–2009), Indian theatre director
- [Nial Tanvir](/source/Nial_Tanvir) (born 1965), British astronomer
- [Shehzad Tanweer](/source/Shehzad_Tanweer) (1982–2005), English Islamic terrorist and perpetrator of the [7/7 attacks](/source/7/7_attacks)
- [Sohail Tanvir](/source/Sohail_Tanvir) (born 1984), Pakistani cricketer

## See also

- [Tanwir al-Miqbas](/source/Tanwir_al-Miqbas), Islamic study book

## References

1. ["Name Tanveer Meaning, Origin etc. - Boy Names - Baby Name Tanveer"](https://www.thenamemeaning.com/tanveer/). Retrieved 2021-08-12.

1. ["Tanveer"](https://www.sikhnames.com/2018/06/tanveer.html). Retrieved 2021-08-12.

1. ["Punjabi meaning of Tanveer. Tanveer Name Horoscopes details"](http://www.nameurbaby.com/babyMeaning/Punjabi/Tanveer). *www.nameurbaby.com*. Retrieved 2021-08-12.

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