Nasir

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Infobox name Nasir (Template:Langx) 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 consonantal verb root n-ṣ-r). The female form of the name is Nasira (Template:Langx). Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration, include Naser, Nasser, Naseer, and Nacer.

People with the given nameEdit

Ea-nasir (18th century BCE), copper merchant
Al-Nasir (1158–1225), Abbasid caliph who ruled from 1158 to 1225
Nasir ibn Alnas (also known as An-Nasir ibn Alnas) (died 1088), fifth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria
Nasir ad-Din Qabacha (1150–1228), Muslim Turkic governor of Multan
Nasir Jones, professionally known as Nas (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
Nasir al-Din Shah (1831–1896), ruler of Qajar dynasty in present-day Iran
Nasir Valika (born 1955), Pakistani cricketer

Nasir, the main character in the video game Lagoon
Nasir, character in the 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 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