Nasrin (translit. ''"nisriyn/ nisrīn";'' Nesrin, Nesrine or Nasreen; fa, نسرين) is a feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
in Persian, meaning " wild rose". It is among the most popular names given to girls born in Iran.Economics.apa.az
The name is also popular in South Asia, especially in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, as well as being a commonly-used Turkish and Kurdish and North-African (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya) given name.
People
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Nasreen Mohamedi
Nasreen Mohamedi (1937—1990) was an Indian artist best known for her line-based drawings, and is today considered one of the most essential modern artists from India. Despite being relatively unknown outside of her native country during her l ...
(1937–1990), Indian artist
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Nasreen Jalil
Nasreen Jalil ( ur, ) (born: 22 February 1944, Lahore) is a Pakistani politician and a senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. She served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from Sindh from 2012 to 2018. Previously, she served as ...
(born 1947), Pakistani politician
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Nasreen Pervin Huq
Nasreen Pervin Huq (born Bangladesh, 18 November 1958, died Bangladesh, 24 April 2006) was a prominent women's activist and campaigner for women's rights and social justice.
She died in an accident at her home in Dhaka, when she was crushed by ...
(1958–2006), Bangladeshi women's rights activist
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Nasrin Rahimieh
Nasrin Rahimieh (born 1958) is an Iranian-born American literary critic, editor, and educator. Rahimieh is the Howard Baskerville Professor of Humanities in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Director of the Humanities Core program a ...
(born 1958), Iranian-American literary critic, editor, and educator
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Nesrin Nas
Nesrin Nas (born 1958) is a Turkish female academic in economics, politician and the former leader of the Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP).
She was born in the Central Anatolian town of Bünyan in Kayseri Province. Her father's name w ...
(born 1958), Turkish politician of the Motherland Party
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Taslima Nasrin
Taslima Nasrin (born 25 August 1962) is a Bangladeshi-Swedish writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writing on women's oppression and criticism of religion. Some of her books are banned in Bangladesh ...
(born 1962), Bangladeshi feminist and former physician
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Nasrin Soltankhah
Nasrin Soltankhah ( fa, نسرین سلطانخواه) is an Iranian politician who was a Vice President under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 2009 to 2013.
Education
Soltankhan received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (1976), a Master of Sci ...
(born 1963), Iranian politician
* Nasrin Sotoudeh (born 1963), Iranian human rights lawyer
* Nasreen Jahan (born 1966), Bangladeshi novelist
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Nasreen
Nasrin (translit. ''"nisriyn/ nisrīn";'' Nesrin, Nesrine or Nasreen; fa, نسرين) is a feminine given name in Persian, meaning " wild rose". It is among the most popular names given to girls born in Iran.Nesrin Şamdereli (born 1979), Turkish-German screenwriter and film director
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Nesrin Cavadzade
Nesrin Cavadzade ( az, Nəsrin Cavadzadə; born 30 July 1982) is a Turkish actress of Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani origin.
Biography
Nesrin Cavadzade was born in Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR (now Azerbaijan). She move ...
(born 1982), Turkish actress
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Nesreen Tafesh
Nesreen Tafesh ( ar, نسرين طافش; born February 15, 1982) is a Syrian-Palestinian-Algerian actress and singer. Early life
Nesreen was born in Aleppo, Syria to the Palestinian poet and author Yousef Tafesh from the Palestinian town of Safed ...
(born 1982), Syrian actress of Palestinian and Algerian descent
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Nasreen Qadri
Nasreen Qadri ( ar, نسرين قادري, he, נסרין קדרי; born September 2, 1986) better known as Nasrin Kadri is an Arab-Israeli singer of traditional and pop Middle Eastern music, Middle Eastern and Mizrahi music. Qadri, a Muslim con ...
refugee
A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.
advocate, veterinary researcher, and food activist
* Nesrine Malik, Sudanese-born London-based columnist and author
* Nesreen Ghaddar, Lebanese mechanical engineer
See also
*'' Nasrin,'' a 2020 documentary about Nasrin Sotoudeh (above)