Nasir

Nasir (Arabic: ناصر Nāṣir) is an Arabic masculine 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.

People with the given name

Nasir Jones (born 1973), American Rapper
Nasir Adderley (born 1997), American football player
Nasir Kazmi (1925–1972), Pakistani Urdu poet
Al-Nasir (1158–1225), 34th Abbasid Caliph
Naser Orić (born 1967), Bosnian military officer during the Bosnian War
Nasir Gebelli (born 1957), Iranian-American video game developer
Nasir al-Din Shah (1831–1896), ruler of Qajar dynasty in present-day Iran
Nasir al-Din Bughra Khan (1287–1291), sultan of Bengal.
Nasir ibn Alnas (also known as An-Nasir ibn Alnas) (died 1088), fifth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria
Nasiruddin Mahmud (grandson of Iltutmish), Muslim Turkic ruler
Nasir ad-Din Qabacha, Muslim Turkic governor of Multan
Nasir Naqshbandi^[1] Entrepreneur (Born on 09 June, Ganderbal Jammu and Kashmir

People with the surname

Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970), second President of Egypt
Vali Nasr (born 1960), Iranian-American Middle Eastern expert
Hakim Nasir, Pakistani Urdu poet also using the takhallus of Nasir
Clare Nasir (born 1970), British weather forecaster
Serdar Nasır, Turkish plastic surgeon
Felipe Nasr (born 1992), Brazilian racing driver
Bachtiar Nasir (born 1967), Indonesian ulama
Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai (born 1960) Nigerian, Politician currently Governor of Kaduna State in Nigeria
Nasir Abdullahi Nasir (born 1989) Nigerian Health Educator From Doro district of Bindawa Local Government

Fictional characters with the name

Nasir, the main character in the video game Lagoon
Nasir, character in the TV series Spartacus
Nasir, a playable character in both Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and its sequel Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Nasir (Robin of Sherwood), Saracen character played by Mark Ryan in the British 1980s television series Robin of Sherwood (aired in the US as Robin Hood)
Nasir Meidan, a fictional character in the Android: Netrunner
Nasir Khan, a fictional character in the television miniseries The Night Of

People with the given name

People with the surname

Fictional characters with the name

See also