Nilüfer

Nilüfer is the Turkish word for "water lily", from Persian nîlûfar (نیلوفر), which is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word for the blue lotus nīḷōtpaḷa (नीळोत्पळ). It is a popular feminine given name in Turkey. It may refer to:

Given name

 * Nilüfer Çınar Çorlulu (born 1962), Turkish Woman International Master (WIM) of chess
 * Nilüfer Demir (born 1986), Turkish photojournalist
 * Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz (born 1962), Turkish politician
 * Nilüfer Göle (born 1953), Turkish-French sociologist
 * Nilüfer Gürsoy (1921–2024), Turkish philologist, politician and memoirist
 * Nilufer Hanımsultan (1916–1989), Ottoman princess
 * Nilüfer Hatun (14th century), mother of Ottoman Sultan Murad I
 * Nilüfer Örer (born 1976), Turkish pop singer
 * Nilüfer Verdi (born 1956), Turkish jazz pianist
 * Nilüfer Yumlu (born 1955), Turkish pop singer whose stage name is simply "Nilüfer"
 * Nilüfer Yanya (born 1996), a British-Turkish singer-songwriter from London