Given name & surname
Nazir
“one who is observant”
Nazir is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is observant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is observant.”
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 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nazir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,961
- 3,961 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 243 babies
- 2025
- 202
- #1,071 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 202 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,071 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 26.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Georgia had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (20). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,823 as a first name in 2020; 1,269 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.
Nazir’s family of names
Nazir has a related form in Nazeer. Nazir has a related form in Nazier. Nazir has a related form in Nazear.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Nazir
- Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria117th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church (1923–2012)
- Nazir Ahmad DehlviIndian writer1831–1912
- Nazir AfzalBritish lawyerborn 1962
- Nazir Ahmed, Baron AhmedBritish politician (born 1957)
- Nazir JaserSyrian bicycle racerborn 1989
- Nazir NajiPakistani journalist1942–2024
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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