Nasir () is a masculine given name, commonly found in Arabic which can mean "helper" or "one who gives victory" (grammatically the Stem I masculine singular active participle of consonantal verb root n-á¹£-r). The female form of the name is Nasira (). Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration, include Naser, Nasser, Naseer, and Nacer.
People
People with the given name
- Ea-nasir (18th century BCE), copper merchant
- Nasir ibn Alnas (also known as An-Nasir ibn Alnas) (died 1088), fifth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria
- Nasir ad-Din Qabacha (1150âÂÂ1228), Muslim Turkic governor of Multan
- Al-Nasir (1158âÂÂ1225), Abbasid caliph who ruled from 1158 to 1225
- Nasir al-Din Shah (1831âÂÂ1896), ruler of Qajar dynasty in present-day Iran
- Nasir Kazmi (1925âÂÂ1972), Pakistani Urdu poet
- Nasir Valika (born 1955), Pakistani cricketer
- Nasir Gebelli (born 1957), Iranian-American video game developer
- Naser OriÃÂ (born 1967), Bosnian military officer during the Bosnian War
- Nasir Jones, professionally known as Nas (born 1973), American rapper, actor, entrepreneur
- Nasir Adderley (born 1997), American football player
People with the surname
Fictional characters with the name
- Nasir, the main character in the video game Lagoon
- Nasir, character in the TV series Spartacus
- Nasir, a playable character in both ' and its sequel '
- Nasir, a 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 '
- Nasir Khan, a fictional character in the television miniseries The Night Of
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