Nard may refer to: * '' 'Nard'', a 1981 album by American funk and jazz keyboardist

Bernard Wright Bernard Wright (November 16, 1963 – May 19, 2022) was an American funk and jazz keyboardist and singer who began his career as a session musician and later released four solo albums. Biography Wright was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York. ...

Nard (game) Nard ( fa, نرد, also narde or nardshir; from pal, nywʾlthšyl ''nēw-ardaxšīr'') is an historical Persian tables game for two players that is sometimes considered ancestral to backgammon. It is still played today, albeit in a different fo ...

(نرد), the Persian board game similar to backgammon *

Nard (plant) ''Nardostachys jatamansi'' is a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas. It is a source of a type of intensely aromatic amber-colored essential oil, spikenard. The oil has, since ancient times, been used as a perfume, ...

, of the species ''Nardostachys jatamansi'' **

Spikenard Spikenard, also called nard, nardin, and muskroot, is a class of aromatic amber-colored essential oil derived from ''Nardostachys jatamansi'', a flowering plant in the honeysuckle family which grows in the Himalayas of Nepal, China, and India. Th ...

, an essential oil derived from the plant. * The Nard, a nickname for the city of Oxnard, California in the United States * NARD, The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors *

National Association of Rudimental Drummers The National Association of Rudimental Drummers (N.A.R.D. or NARD) is an organization created to encourage the study of rudimental drumming. NARD is responsible for the creation of the Standard 26 American Rudiments. History The National Associat ...

Given name

Nard Jones Nard Jones (1904–1972) was an American writer, best known for his novels set in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Life According to Jones' self-description in "Puget Sound Profiles", he was born in Seattle and graduated with honors from Whitman ...

, an American novelist *

Nard Ndoka Nard Ndoka was the minister of health of Albania from March 2007 to August 2008. He started his political career with Democratic Party in the early 1990 . Now he is the leader of the Demochristian Party of Albania The Demochristian Party o ...

, a politician and minister of health of Albania {{disambiguation