Given name & surname
Nasir
“one who offers his support”
Nasir is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who offers his support.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who offers his support.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nasir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17,971
- 17,917 boys · 54 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 935 babies
- 2025
- 617
- #487 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 617 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 487 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 929 in 2019. In 2025, Georgia had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (59). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,030 as a first name in 2020; 3,124 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nasir’s family of names
Nasir has a related form in Naser. Nasir has a related form in Naseer. Nasir has a related form in Nasr.
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Around the world
Nasir has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Naseervariant · English
- Nasrvariant
- Naservariant
- Naasirvariant
- Nasiervariant
- Nasyrvariant
- Naseirvariant
- Nasearvariant
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Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Nasir
- Nasir Khusraw11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary1004–1088
- Nasir HussainIndian film director (1931–2002)1926–2002
- Nasir al-WuhayshiYemeni Al-Qaeda member1976–2015
- Naseer Ahmad KhanIndian Islamic scholar1918–2010
- Nasir JalilSingaporean footballer (1955-2011)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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