Abdul Nasser

Abdul Nasser (Arabic: عبد الناصر ‎) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Nasser. The name means "servant of the Helper", An-Nasser being a Muslim theophoric name.^[1][2]

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. Because the letter n is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- can be assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to Abd al-Nasser, the pronunciation can correspond to Abd an-Nasser. Alternative transliterations of the last element include Naaser, Nasir and others, with the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

It may refer to:

• Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970), President of Egypt
  • Khalid Abdel Nasser (1949–2011), his son
• Abdul Nasser Bani Hani (died 2013), Jordanian politician
• Abdul Nacer Benbrika (born ca. 1960), Algerian-Australian Muslim activist
• Abd Al Nasir Mohammed Abd Al Qadir Khantumani (born 1960), Syrian held in Guantanamo
• Abdel Nasser Tawfik (born 1967), Egyptian physicist
• Abdelnasser Ouadah (born 1975), Algerian footballer
• Abdulnaser Slil (born 1981), Libyan footballer
• Abdul Nasir (Guantanamo detainee 874) (born 1981), Afghan
• Abdoul Nassirou Omouroun (born 1987), Togolese footballer
• Abdinasir Said Ibrahim (born 1989), Somali athlete
• Abd Al-Nasser Hasan (born 1990), Syrian footballer
• Abd al-Nasir al-Janabi, Iraqi politician

References

1. Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
2. S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.