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Нестор
“to return safely”
Нестор (Néstor) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Nestor.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Нестор is Nestor written in Cyrillic. Nestor possibly goes back to a word meaning “to return safely.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Нестор developed from Νέστωρ.
Нестор’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Нестор developed from the Ancient Greek form Νέστωρ. In Russian usage, Нестор has a conventional equivalent in the French form Nestor. In Russian usage, Нестор has a transliteration in Nestor.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Нестор has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Нестор comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Нестор
- Nestor MakhnoUkrainian anarchist revolutionary (1888–1934)
- Nestor the ChroniclerSaint and chronicler of Kievan Rus'1056–1114
- Nestor LakobaAbkhazian politician (1893-1936)
- Nestor KukolnikRussian writer (1809–1868)
- Nestor NyzhankivskyUkrainian composer, pianist and music critic1893–1940
- Nestor ShufrychUkrainian politicianborn 1966
- Nestor BuinitskyRussian engineer (1863–1914)
- Nestor Sirotenkoarbishop of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Madrid and Lisbonborn 1974
- Nestor DmytriwUkrainian priest1862–1925
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