Nasir

Nasir

Romanization	Nāṣir
Gender	masculine
Language	Arabic: ناصر
Other gender
Feminine	Nasira
Origin
Language	Arabic
Meaning	helper, protector, supporter, victory-maker
Other names
Alternative spelling	Naser, Nasser, Nassar, Naseer, Nacer, Nasr
Related names	Nasir al-Din, Nasrallah, Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasiruddin, Nasrullah, Al-Nasrallah

Nasir (Arabic: ناصر, romanized: Nāṣir) 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 plural, Ansar, is used to refer to the inhabitants of Medina who supported the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The female form of the name is Nasira (Arabic: ناصرة, romanized: Nāṣira). 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
• All pages with titles beginning with Nasir
• Ansar (Islam)