Nasir

Nasir (Arabic: ناصر‎ Nāṣir) is an Arabic masculine given name 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 (ناصرة Nāṣira).

Naseer is a transcription of Arabic: نصـيـر‎ Naṣīr, a related word of similar meaning also used as a name.

Given name

• Nasir Uddin (born 1991), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Nasir Kazmi (1925–1972), Pakistani Urdu poet
• Al-Nasir (1158–1225), 34th Abbasid Caliph
• 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 ibn Alnas (also known as An-Nasir ibn Alnas) (died 1088), fifth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria
• Nasir ud din Mahmud, Muslim Turkic ruler
• Nasir-ud-Din Qabacha, Muslim Turkic governor of Multan
• Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (born 1973), American rapper from Queens, New York, United States of America

Surname

• Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970), second President of Egypt
• Vali Nasr (born 1960), Iranian-American Middle Eastern expert
• Hakim Nasir, Pakistani Urdu poet also using the takhallus of Nasir
• Clare Nasir (born 1970), British weather forecaster
• Serdar Nasır, Turkish plastic surgeon

Places

• Nasir, South Sudan

Fictional characters

• 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 (Robin of Sherwood), 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

See also

• Arabic name
• Naseer (disambiguation)
• Nasira (disambiguation)
• Nasir al-Din (disambiguation)
• Nazir (disambiguation)
• Nasir—Wikipedia pages beginning with "Nasir"