Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Néstor is a romanization of Нестор. Нестор comes from Ancient Greek.
Explained through its name family
Néstor’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Néstor has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nestor. In Ukrainian usage, Néstor is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Нестор.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Néstor has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Néstor
- Néstor KirchnerPresident of Argentina from 2003 to 20071950–2010
- Néstor GorositoArgentine association football playerborn 1964
- Néstor CarbonellAmerican actorborn 1967
- Néstor Pitanaformer actor and football refereeborn 1975
- Néstor AlmendrosSpanish director of photography and director (1930–1992)
- Néstor AraujoMexican association football playerborn 1991
- Néstor LorenzoArgentine footballer and managerborn 1966
- Néstor ClausenArgentine footballer and managerborn 1962
- Néstor OrtigozaParaguayan soccer playerborn 1984
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