Nasir

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Naseer in SA Saudi Arabia, IQ Iraq, AE United Arab Emirates, Насыр in KG Kyrgyzstan, KZ Kazakhstan, Насир in RU Russia and Насер in MK North Macedonia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Nasir is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name165K records spelled Nasir14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Ethiopia

  Also written Nāṣir, Nāsịr, Nâṣir, Naṣir, Nāṣiṛ

• French given name6.7K records spelled Nasir7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, India

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Nâsir, Năsîr, Naşir, Ñäšïr, Nąsịr

• Uzbek given name5.5K records spelled Nasir21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Syria

  Languages: Uzbek, Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Насир, Naşir, Ñàsïr, Ñâşiř, Nåsir

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Nasir is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, helper, protector, defender

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, helper, protector, patron

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, helper; supporter

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In German, männl. Vom., türkische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• defender; friend;

  as a name·Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 92 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nasir Khusrawb. 1004AF11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary
• An-Nasirb. 1158IQAbbasid caliph (1158-1225)
• Naser al-Din Shah Qajarb. 1831IRnot in their usual nameShah of Qajar Iran from 1848 to 1896
• Naser Makarem Shirazib. 1927IRnot in their usual nameIranian Mujtahid and author
• Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabahb. 1940KWnot in their usual nameformer Prime Minister of Kuwait 2006-2011
• Nasser Al-Attiyahb. 1970QAnot in their usual nameQatari rally driver and sport shooter (born 1970)
• Nasb. 1973USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper (born 1973)
• Nasser Al-Khelaifib. 1973QAnot in their usual nameA Qatari businessman residing in France and president of Paris Saint-Germain football club
• Mohamed Elnenyb. 1992EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian association football player (born 1992)
• Naser Alijib. 1993MKnot in their usual nameAlbanian-Swiss association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 465 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nasir?

We estimate roughly 21 thousand people bear Nasir (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Nasir have the most bearers?

Nasir is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled nasir.

How common is Nasir compared with other names?

In India, Nasir is the 674th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Nasir a male or female name?

Nasir is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Nasir mean?

Recorded meaning: l.from a personal name based on nasir ‘supporter’, ‘helper’ (Qur’an 9:116).