Muneer (also spelled Moneer, Monir, Mounir, or Muneyr, , meaning illuminating, lightsome, bright, luminous) is a masculine Arabic given name, it may refer to:

Given name

  • Muneer Ahmad, American professor of law
  • Munir Akram (born 1945), Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations from 2002 to 2008
  • Munir al-Rayyes (1901–1992), was a prominent Syrian newspaper editor and writer
  • Munir Awad (born 1981), citizen of Sweden who has fallen under suspicion of an association with terrorism
  • Muneer Ahmed Badini (born 1953), Pakistani writer
  • Munir Bashir (1930–1997), Assyrian musician
  • Munir Bhatti (died 2024), Pakistani field hockey player
  • Münir Ertegün (1883–1944), Turkish politician
  • Muneer Fareed (born 1956), American scholar
  • Münir Hüsrev Göle (1890–1955), Turkish politician
  • Munir El Haddadi (born 1995), Moroccan footballer
  • Mounir El Hamdaoui (born 1984), Dutch-Moroccan footballer
  • Monir Haidar, Bangladeshi journalist and political analyst
  • Monir Hossain (born 1985), Bangladeshi cricketer
  • Monir Hossain Manu (1959–2018), Bangladeshi footballer
  • Munir Ahmad Khan (1926–1999), Pakistani nuclear engineer
  • Mounir Maasri (born 1940), Lebanese actor
  • Mounir El Motassadeq (born 1974), Moroccan al-Qaeda member
  • Mounir Mourad (1922–1981), Egyptian artist
  • Munir Bin Naseer, citizen of Pakistan who was detained in Guantanamo Bay
  • Munir Niazi (1923–2006), Urdu poet
  • Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour (born 1945), Egyptian politician
  • Münir Özkul (1925–2018), Turkish cinema and theatre actor
  • Munir Ahmad Rashid (born 1934), Pakistani mathematician, and nuclear scientist
  • Muneer Sait (born 1940), Indian field hockey goalkeeper
  • Münir Nurettin Selçuk (1900–1981), Turkish classical musician and tenor singer
  • Munir Said Thalib (1965–2004), Indonesian activist
  • Munir Shakir (1969–2025), Pakistani Islamic cleric
  • Mounir Yemmouni (born 1983), French middle-distance runner
  • Mounir Zeghdoud (born 1970), Algerian footballer
  • Munir Sarhadi (1931–1980), Pakistani instrumentalist and Sarinda-player
  • M. K. Muneer (born 1962), Indian politician, doctor and former Health Minister, Kerala state.

Surname

  • Asim Munir (born 1968), Pakistan Army general
  • Mazhar Munir, British television actor
  • Mohamed Mounir (born 1954), Egyptian singer
  • Muhammad Munir (1895–1979), Pakistani judge
  • Qusay Munir (born 1981), Iraqi footballe

Compound names with Munir as a prefix

  • Munir-ul-Islam (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Munir-uz-Zaman (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Munir-ul-Haqq, multiple people
  • Munir-ul-Haqq Sakku, first Mayor of Comilla, Bangladesh
  • Munir-ul-Haqq Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician and general secretary of Mohammedan Sporting Club
  • Munir-ud-Din, multiple people
  • Munir-ud-Din Khan (born 1974), Bengali poet and writer
  • Munir-ud-Din Yusuf (1919–1987), Bangladeshi writer, journalist and translator
  • A. K. Mohammad Munir-ul-Bahar, Bangladesh Air Force officer and Vice Chancellor of Aviation and Aerospace University
  • Quazi Munir-ul-Huda, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician

See also

  • Monir (disambiguation)
  • Munira
  • Monir-Khuku murder case