Nasser

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Nasir in BD Bangladesh, US United States, PL Poland and 5 more, Nazar in IN India, PK Pakistan, TR Türkiye and 1 more and Nassar in EG Egypt, AR Argentina, MX Mexico.

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◐

Nasser is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name2.8K records spelled Nasser7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Philippines

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Nâsśer, Ñässèr, Ñässêr, Naşşẽr

• English surname2.2K records spelled Nasser49 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

  Languages: English, German, Arabic

  Also written Bush, Buesh, Busi, 부시, Bushi

• Russian given name796 records spelled Nasser6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Russia, Syria

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Naşşer, Ńâssęŕ, Ñässër

• Italian given name504 records spelled Nasser3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Also written Nássêr, Nassèr

56 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●

Nasser 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.

• habitational name for someone from any of the places called Nassen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, and Bavaria.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• saviour; Iran

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In English, Gamal Abdel, president, Egypt

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Arabic, Arabic: 'victorious'

  as a name·African Names

• victorious.

  as a name·African Names

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 64 years between 1957–2025. 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. 1004AFnot in their usual name11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary
• An-Nasirb. 1158IQnot in their usual nameAbbasid 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. 1940KWformer Prime Minister of Kuwait 2006-2011
• Nasser Al-Attiyahb. 1970QAQatari rally driver and sport shooter (born 1970)
• Nasb. 1973USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper (born 1973)
• Nasser Al-Khelaifib. 1973QAA 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 · 424 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nasser?

We estimate roughly 34 thousand people bear Nasser (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Nasser have the most bearers?

Nasser is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled nasir.

How common is Nasser compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Nasser is the 259th most common given name of 28,624 given names recorded there.

Is Nasser a male or female name?

Nasser 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 Nasser mean?

Recorded meaning: from an Arabic personal name based on nasir ‘granter of victory’.