Nasir

Nasir (Arabic: ناصر‎ Nāṣir) is a male Arabic given name which can mean "helper" or "one who gives victory" (grammatically the Stem I masculine singular active participle of consonantal verb root n-ṣ-r). The female form of the name is Nasira (ناصرة‎ Nāṣira).

Naseer is a transcription of Arabic: نصـيـر‎ Naṣīr, a related word of similar meaning also used as a name.

Given name

• Nasir Jones (born 1973), American rapper, mostly and professionally known as Nas
• Nasir Ahmed (born 1964), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Nasir Kazmi (1925–1972), Pakistani Urdu poet
• Nasir Khan, Indian actor, son of legendary Indian comedian Johnny Walker
• Al-Nasir (1158–1225), 34th Abbasid Caliph
• Naser Oric (born 1967), Bosnian military officer during the Bosnian War
• Nasir Gebelli (born 1957), Iranian-American video game developer
• Nasir ibn Alnas (also known as An-Nasir ibn Alnas) (died 1088), fifth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria
• Nasir (Robin of Sherwood), Saracen character played by Mark Ryan in the British 1980s television series Robin of Sherwood
• Nasir ud din Mahmud, Muslim Turkic ruler
• Nasir-ud-Din Qabacha, Muslim Turkic governor of Multan

Surname

• Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970), second President of Egypt
• Hakim Nasir, Pakistani Urdu poet also using the takhallus of Nasir
• Clare Nasir (born 1970), British weather forecaster
• Serdar Nasır, Turkish plastic surgeon

See also

• Arabic name
• Naseer (disambiguation)
• Nasira (disambiguation)
• Nasir al-Din (disambiguation)
• Nazir (disambiguation)
• Wikipedia pages beginning with "Nasir"