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:
[edit] See also
- Arabic name
- List of Arabic names
- Wikipedia pages beginning with "Nasir"