Nasir () is a masculine given name, commonly found in Arabic 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 (). Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration, include Naser, Nasser, Naseer, and Nacer.

People

People with the given name

  • Ea-nasir (18th century BCE), copper merchant
  • Nasir ibn Alnas (also known as An-Nasir ibn Alnas) (died 1088), fifth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria
  • Nasir ad-Din Qabacha (1150–1228), Muslim Turkic governor of Multan
  • Al-Nasir (1158–1225), Abbasid caliph who ruled from 1158 to 1225
  • Nasir al-Din Shah (1831–1896), ruler of Qajar dynasty in present-day Iran
  • Nasir Kazmi (1925–1972), Pakistani Urdu poet
  • Nasir Valika (born 1955), Pakistani cricketer
  • Nasir Gebelli (born 1957), Iranian-American video game developer
  • Naser Orić (born 1967), Bosnian military officer during the Bosnian War
  • Nasir Jones, professionally known as Nas (born 1973), American rapper, actor, entrepreneur
  • Nasir Adderley (born 1997), American football player

People with the surname

  • Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970), second President of Egypt
  • Ibrahim Nasir (1926–2008), Maldivian President
  • Vali Nasr (born 1960), Iranian-American Middle Eastern expert
  • Hakim Nasir (1947–2007), 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

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, a 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

Places

  • Kalateh-ye Nasir, Iran
  • Nasir, Shushtar, Iran
  • Nasir, South Sudan, the administrative center of Nasir County

Other uses

  • Nasir (album), by American rapper Nas
  • Nasir (film), a 2020 Indian film
  • Nasir (missile), an Iranian cruise missile

See also

  • Abdul Nasir
  • Naseer (disambiguation)
  • Nasira (disambiguation)
  • Nasir al-Din
  • Nazir (disambiguation)
  • Arabic name