Nazar

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Nasser in FR France, SA Saudi Arabia, BR Brazil and 10 more, Nasir in BD Bangladesh, US United States, PL Poland and 5 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 9 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◐

Nazar is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Ukrainian given name159K records spelled Nazar51 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Polish

  Also written Назар, Nasar, Насар, Насарь, Ñäžår

• Spanish given name41K records spelled Nazar13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Spain, United States, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Názar, Näzär, Nazár, Naẓar, Na̶z̶a̶r

• a separate given name23K records spelled Nazar10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, Ukraine

  Also written Naz̲ar, Naẕar, Nāẓar, Naẓar, Näzär

• Indonesian given name11K records spelled Nazar3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Pakistan

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Ňãźãr

• Pashto given name3.5K records spelled Nazar3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Afghanistan, Türkiye, India, United States

  Also written Naẓar, Naz̲ar

• Norwegian Bokmål given name2.4K records spelled Nazar6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Iceland, United States

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Ńazar

• Finnish given name1.4K records spelled Nazar3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, Ukraine, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Ñazar

• Persian given name1.0K records spelled Nazar10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Afghanistan, United States, Türkiye, Iraq

  Languages: Persian, Tajik

  Also written Назар, Naẓar, Nàzàr, Nàzär, Naz̤ar

47 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●

Nazar 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 Turkish, look

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Turkish, 1. Bakma, göz atma. 2. Düşünme. 3. Göz değme. 4. İtibar, saygı.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

• In Arabic, vow; dedication

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• from a personal name based on Arabic nazzar ‘esteem’, ‘regard’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Russian, de nazar, consacré.

  as a name·Russian 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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 89 years between 1918–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nazar Mohammadb. 1921PKcricketer (1921-1996)
• Nazar Matchanovb. 1923UZSoviet politician (1923–2010)
• Nazar Petrosyanb. 1951TMArmenian football player and coach
• Nazar Honcharb. 1964UAUkrainian poet (1964–2009)
• Nazar Muhammad Saeedb. 1968IQIraqi politician
• Nazar Bayramovb. 1982RUTurkmenistan footballer
• Nazar Lytvynb. 1983UAassociation football player
• Nazar Kovalenkob. 1987UAOlympic racewalker
• Nazar Verbnyib. 1997UAUkrainian association football player
• Nazar Chepurnyib. 2002UAUkrainian artistic gymnast

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 · 579 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nazar?

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

In which country does Nazar have the most bearers?

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

How common is Nazar compared with other names?

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

Is Nazar a male or female name?

Nazar 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 Nazar mean?

Recorded meaning: habitational name from Nazar in Navarre.