Nasir

Nasir (ناصر) 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 (ناصرة). Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration, include Naser, Nasser, Naseer, and Nacer.

People with the given name

 * Al-Nasir, 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, 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

People with the surname

 * Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970), second President of Egypt
 * Ibrahim Nasir (1926–2008), Maldivian President
 * Vali Nasr (born 1960), 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), Indonesian ulama

Fictional characters with the name

 * 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