Nasir (name)

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Nasir, Naseer or Naser or Nasser (Arabic ناصر ) is a male Arabic given name that means helper, other known meanings include Success and Victory for "Nasser" (?). The female form of the name is Nasira (Arabic: ناصرہ ).

People named Nasir include:

  • An-Nasir (1158–1225), 34th Abbasid Caliph
  • Nasir of Sennar
  • Nasir, regent of Sennar
  • Gamal Abdel Nasser
  • Nasir Gebelli, an Iranian-American video game developer
  • Nasir ibn Alnas (also known as An-Nasir ibn Alnas) (died 1088), fifth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria
  • Nas (also known as Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones) (born 1973), an American rapper
  • Nasir (Robin of Sherwood), a Saracen character played by Mark Ryan in the British 1980s television series Robin of Sherwood

People using it in their patronymic include:

Others:

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