Nir (name)

Nir is a male given name of Hebrew 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 (born 1959), Israeli businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician
 * Nir Barzilai, biologist
 * Nir Berkovic (born 1982), former Israeli footballer
 * Nir Bitton (born 1991), Israeli professional footballer
 * Nir Cohen (born 1981), Israeli retired basketball player
 * Nir Davidovich (born 1976), former Israeli goalkeeper
 * Nir Felder (born 1982), American jazz guitarist, composer, and songwriter
 * Nir Friedman (born 1967), Israeli professor
 * Nir Hod (born 1970), Israeli artist based in New York
 * Nir Jacob Kaplan (born 1989), Israeli actor, entertainer, and a radio presenter
 * Nir Kabaretti (born 1968), Israeli orchestra conductor
 * Nir Klinger (born 1966)
 * Nir Lax (born 1994), Israeli footballer
 * Nir Levine (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 Rosen (born 1977), American journalist and chronicler
 * Nir Seroussi (born 1970), music executive, producer, and songwriter
 * Nir Shavit, Israeli computer scientist
 * Nir Shaviv (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 (born 1972), Israeli musician, author and editor
 * Nir Yusim (born 1978), Israeli badminton player
 * Nir Zidkyahu (born 1967), studio-session drummer

Surname

 * Itzhak Nir (born 1940), Israeli Olympic competitive sailor
 * Shlomit Nir (born 1952), Israeli Olympic swimmer