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:
- Nasir Jones an American rapper, mostly and professionally known as Nas.
- Nasir Ahmed a Bangladeshi cricketer.
- Nasir Khan Son of legendary Indian comedian Johnny Walker, who's real name was Badruddin Jamaluddin Qazi (died 2003)
- Nasir Khan (died 1974) Late brother of actor Yusuf Khan AKA Dilip Kumar. Father of actor Ayub Khan
- An-Nasir (1158–1225), 34th Abbasid Caliph
- Jamal 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
- Nasir (Robin of Sherwood), a Saracen character played by Mark Ryan in the British 1980s television series Robin of Sherwood
