Given name & surname
Nasr
“one who offers his support”
Nasr is a variant of Nasir. One Arabic interpretation is “one who offers his support.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nasr is a variant of Nasir. One Arabic interpretation is “one who offers his support.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nasr is a variant of Nasir. An origin associated with Nasir is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Arabic نَصْر (“victory”); its root is Arabic ن ص ر.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nasr through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 97
- 97 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,337 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,337 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 419 as a first name in 2020; 1,868 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Nasr
- Nasr Abu ZaydEgyptian Quranic thinker, author, and academic (1943-2010)
- Nasr ibn SayyarGeneral and governor of Khurasan (663–748)
- Nasr of Granadaruler of the Emirate of Granada from 1309 to 13141287–1322
- Nasr ibn 'Asim al-LaythiArab grammarian
- Ibn QalaqisEgyptian Arab poet and author1137–1172
- Shibl al-Dawla NasrEmir of Aleppo from 1029 to 1038
- Nasr ibn Habib al-Muhallabiabbasid Provincial governor of 790s
- Nasr ibn Shabath al-Uqaylirebel leader of caliph Al-Ma'mun's era701–801
- Kaydar Nasr ibn Abdallahabbasid governor of Egypt
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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