Given name & surname
Nassar
“one who is triumphant”
Nassar is a variant of Nasser. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is triumphant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nassar is a variant of Nasser. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is triumphant.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nassar is a variant of Nasser. An origin associated with Nasser is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nassar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 219 as a first name in 2020; 3,526 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.
Nassar’s family of names
Nassar has a related form in Nasser. In Greek usage, Nassar as a surname is a transliteration of Νασσάρ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Nassar
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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