Nasir ( ar, ناصر, translit=Nāṣir) is a masculine given name, commonly found in Arabic which can mean "helper" or "one who gives victory" (grammatically the Stem I masculine singular active participle of triliteral, consonantal verb root ''n-ṣ-r''). The female form of the name is Nasira (disambiguation), Nasira (). Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration, include Naser (name), Naser, Nasser (name), Nasser, Naseer (disambiguation), Naseer, and Nacer. People with this name include:

People with the given name

* Al-Nasir, Abbasid caliph who ruled from 1158 to 1225 * Nasiruddin Bughra Khan, Nasir al-Din Bughra Khan (1287–1291), sultan of Bengal * Nasir ibn Alnas (also known as An-Nasir ibn Alnas) (died 1088), fifth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria * Nasiruddin Mahmud (grandson of Iltutmish), Muslim Turkic ruler * Nasir ad-Din Qabacha, Muslim Turkic governor of Multan * Nasir Jones (born 1973), American Rapper, actor, entrepreneur * Nasir Adderley (born 1997), American football player * Nasir Kazmi (1925–1972), Pakistani Urdu poet * Naser Orić (born 1967), Bosnian military officer during the Bosnian War * Nasir Gebelli (born 1957), Iranian-American video game developer * Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Nasir al-Din Shah (1831–1896), ruler of Qajar dynasty in present-day Iran

People with the surname

* Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970), second President of Egypt * Vali Nasr (born 1960), Iranian American, Iranian-American Middle Eastern expert * Hakim Nasir, Pakistani Urdu poet also using the takhallus of Nasir * Clare Nasir (born 1970), British weather forecaster * Serdar Nasır, Turkish plastic surgeon * Felipe Nasr (born 1992), Brazilian racing driver * Bachtiar Nasir (born 1967), Indonesia, Indonesian ulama

Fictional characters with the name

* Nasir, the main character in the video game ''Lagoon (video game), Lagoon'' * Nasir, character in the TV series ''Spartacus (TV series), Spartacus'' * Nasir, a playable character in both ''Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance'' and its sequel ''Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn'' * Nasir, a Saracen character played by Mark Ryan (actor), Mark Ryan in the British 1980s television series ''Robin of Sherwood'' (aired in the US as ''Robin Hood'') * Nasir Meidan, a fictional character in the ''Android: Netrunner'' * Nasir Khan, a fictional character in the television miniseries ''The Night Of''

People with the given name

People with the surname

Fictional characters with the name

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