Nasir

Arabic masculine name

For the villages in Iran, see Nasir, Iran. For the small town in Latjoor, see Nasir, South Sudan. For the Indian film, see Nasir (film). For the album by Nas, see Nasir (album). For Iranian naval cruise missile, see Nasir (missile).

NasirRomanization| Nāṣir

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Gender| masculine
Language(s)| Arabic: ناصر
Other gender
Feminine| Nasira
Origin
Language(s)| 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 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 with the given name

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* Ea-nasir (18th century BCE), copper merchant
* Al-Nasir (1158–1225), Abbasid caliph who ruled from 1158 to 1225
* 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
* Nasir Jones, professionally known as Nas (born 1973), American rapper, actor, entrepreneur
* Nasir Adderley (born 1997), American football player
* Nasir Kazmi (1925–1972), Pakistani Urdu poet
* 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 Valika (born 1955), Pakistani cricketer

## People with the surname

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* 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

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* 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

## See also

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* Abdul Nasir
* Naseer (disambiguation)
* Nasira (disambiguation)
* Nasir al-Din
* Nazir (disambiguation)
* Arabic name
* All pages with titles beginning with Nasir

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