Nestor (given name)

Nestor, or Néstor, is a given name of Greek origin. In Greek mythology it comes from that of Nestor, the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris. The Greek derivation is from a combination of νέομαι, and νόστος.

The name is also found in Russia, Portugal, and France, with variants in Finland (Nestori), Italy (Nestore), and Spain (Néstor).

People with the name

 * Nestor of Gaza (died c. 362), early Christian martyr
 * Nestor of Laranda (2nd–3rd centuries), Greek poet
 * Nestor of Magydos or Saint Nestor, Christian saint (died 250)
 * Nestor of Thessaloniki, another saint (died c. 300)
 * Nestor the Chronicler (c. 1056 – c. 1114), reputed author of the earliest East Slavic chronicle
 * Néstor Botero (1919-1996), Colombian journalist, writer and merchant
 * Nestor Carbonell (born 1967), American actor
 * Nestor Cortés Jr. (born 1994), Cuban-American professional baseball player
 * Nestor de Almeida (1907–1992), Brazilian football goalkeeper
 * Nestor Forster (1963–), Brazilian diplomat
 * Néstor García (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Nestor Ignat (1918–2016), Romanian journalist and writer
 * Nestory Irankunda (born 2006), also known as Nestor, Australian professional football player
 * Néstor Kirchner (1950–2010), Former President of Argentina
 * Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868), Russian writer
 * Nestor Lakoba (1893–1936), Bolshevik leader in Abkhazia
 * Nestor Makhno (1888–1934), 20th-century Ukrainian anarcho-communist
 * Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre (1887–1938), Spanish painter from the Canary Islands
 * Nestor Mendez (born 1971), Belizean politician and diplomat
 * Néstor Ortigoza (born 1984), Paraguayan footballer
 * Néstor Pitana (born 1975), Argentine football referee and former actor
 * Néstor Rego (born 1962), Galician politician
 * Nestor Roqueplan (1805–1870), French writer
 * Nestor Serrano (born 1955), American actor
 * Nestor J. Zaluzec (born 1952), American scientist

Fictional characters

 * Nestor, a group consciousness in the 1980 movie Battle Beyond the Stars
 * Nestor, the donkey character in 1977 Japanese-American animated television Christmas special Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
 * Nestor, in the 2007 animated television series Shorty McShorts' Shorts
 * Nestor, in the 2011 animated television series Scaredy Squirrel
 * Néstor, a penguin in the 2006 film Happy Feet
 * Nestor, a fictional butler character in the Tintin book series
 * Nestor 10, the NS-series robot in the series of short-stories I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
 * Nestor Burma, created by French crime novelist Léo Malet
 * Nestor Cunningham, a minor protagonist in the 1990 film Tremors
 * Nestor Willow, husband of Clarice Willow, in the 2010 TV series Caprica
 * Prince Nestor, in the animated television series 2008 World of Quest