Nir is a male given name of

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

origin which means "plowed field". It is also used as a Hebraized surname. Examples of people with that name:

Given name

* Nir Abergel (born 1990), Israeli footballer * Nir Alon (born 1964), Israeli sculptor and an installation artist * Nir Baram (born 1976), Israeli author *

Nir Barkat Nir Barkat ( he, נִיר בַּרְקָת; born 19 October 1959) is an Israeli businessman and politician. He served as mayor of Jerusalem between the years 2008–2018. Biography Nir Barkat was raised in Jerusalem. His father, Zalman, was a ...

(born 1959), Israeli businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician * Nir Barzilai, biologist *

Nir Berkovic Nir Berkovic ( he, ניר ברקוביץ; born 16 November 1982) is an Israeli former football player and currently the head coach of Ironi Kiryat Shmona. He is the younger brother of former Manchester City player Eyal Berkovic. Berkovic born in ...

(born 1982), former Israeli footballer *

Nir Bitton Nir Bitton (or Biton, he, ניר ביטון; born 30 October 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or as a defensive midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv and Israel national team which he ...

(born 1991), Israeli professional footballer * Nir Cohen (born 1981), Israeli retired basketball player *

Nir Davidovich Nir Davidovich ( he, ניר דוידוביץ'; also spelled Davidovitch; born 17 December 1976) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. At club level, Davidovich spent his whole career in Maccabi Haifa. He suffe ...

(born 1976), former Israeli goalkeeper * Nir Felder (born 1982), American jazz guitarist, composer, and songwriter * Nir Friedman (born 1967), Israeli professor *

Nir Hod Nir Hod (born 1970) is an Israeli artist based in New York. Life and work Nir Hod began his career in video, works in sculpture but is known for his high realism paintings. Hod studied at Jerusalem's Bezalel Academy and New York's Cooper Union Sc ...

(born 1970), Israeli artist based in New York * Nir Jacob Kaplan (born 1989), Israeli actor, entertainer, and a radio presenter *

Nir Kabaretti Nir Kabaretti (Hebrew: ניר קברטי) (born February 5, 1968 in Holon) is an Israeli orchestra conductor. Kabaretti is Music Director of the Santa Barbara Symphony in California since 2006 and the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra since 201 ...

(born 1968), Israeli orchestra conductor *

Nir Klinger Nir Klinger ( he, ניר קלינגר; born 25 May 1966) is an Israeli football coach and former player. During the 1990s, Klinger served as Captain for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national football team. He was the coach of Maccabi Tel ...

(born 1966) * Nir Lax (born 1994), Israeli footballer *

Nir Levine Nir Levine ( he, ניר לוין; born March 4, 1962) is an Israeli former football player, former caretaker manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv, and former director of football of Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team. In 2019 he was appointed as the coach o ...

(born 1962), Israeli footballer and football manager * Nir Malhi (born 1955), Israeli martial arts teacher, founder of ''Cheng Ming Israel'' * Nir Nachum (born 1983), Israeli football player * Nir Nakav, Israeli drummer *

Nir Poraz Nir Poraz (14 May 1971 – 14 October 1994) (Hebrew: ניר פורז) was an Israeli Defence Forces Captain who was killed in action by Hamas during the failed October 14, 1994 rescue mission for IDF soldier Nachshon Wachsman in Bir Nabbalah. The ...

(1971–1994), Israeli Defence Forces captain *

Nir Rosen Nir Rosen (born May 17, 1977 in New York City) is an American journalist and chronicler of the Iraq War, who resides in Lebanon. Rosen writes on current and international affairs. In 2014 he was a special adviser for the Centre for Humanitarian Di ...

(born 1977), American journalist and chronicler *

Nir Seroussi Nir Seroussi is a music executive, producer and songwriter. He is currently Executive Vice President at Interscope Geffen A&M Records. He was previously the President of Sony Music U.S. Latin. Early life and education Born in Israel, Nir Serous ...

(born 1970), music executive, producer, and songwriter *

Nir Shavit Nir Shavit ( he, ניר שביט) is an Israeli computer scientist. He is a professor in the Computer Science Department at Tel Aviv University and a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Techn ...

, Israeli computer scientist *

Nir Shaviv Nir Joseph Shaviv ( he, ניר יוסף שביב, born July 6, 1972) is an Israeli‐American physics professor. He is professor at the Racah Institute of Physics of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is known for his solar and cosmic-ray hy ...

(born 1972), Israeli‐American physics professor * Nir Shental (born 1969), Israeli Olympic competitive sailor * Nir Sivilia (born 1975), former Israeli footballer * Nir Tibor (born 1993), known as Dennis Lloyd, Israeli musician, producer, and songwriter * Nir Welgreen (born 1976), former professional tennis player from Israel *

Nir Yaniv Nir Yaniv ( he, ניר יניב) is an Israeli multidisciplinary artist. He was active early on as a science fiction editor in Israel. In 2000 he founded the webzine of the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy, and in 2007 he became ...

(born 1972), Israeli musician, author and editor * Nir Yusim (born 1978), Israeli badminton player *

Nir Zidkyahu NIR or Nir may refer to: Science and technology * Near-infrared, a region within the infrared part of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum * Near-infrared spectroscopy, a spectroscopic method that uses the near-infrared region (from 780 nm to 25 ...

(born 1967), studio-session drummer

Surname

Itzhak Nir Itzhak Nir ( he, יצחק ניר; born December 18, 1940) is an Israeli former Olympic competitive sailor. Sailing career When he competed in the Olympics, he was 6-5 (196 cm) tall and weighed 187 lbs (85 kg). At an international ...

(born 1940), Israeli Olympic competitive sailor *

Shlomit Nir Shlomit Nir (שלומית ניר; also "Nir-Toor"; born November 7, 1952) is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer. Early and personal life Nir was born and raised on a kibbutz in Tiberias, HaTzafon, Israel. Her grandparents left Ukraine to start a ...

(born 1952), Israeli Olympic swimmer

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{{given name, type=both Hebrew-language given names

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