Given name & surname · also Slavic
Nistor
Nistor is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Romanian and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Nistor comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Romanian usage, Nistor developed from Νέστωρ.
Nistor’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Nistor shares an earlier linguistic root with Nestor. In Greek usage, Nistor as a surname is a transliteration of Νίστορ. In Romanian usage, Nistor developed from the Ancient Greek form Νέστωρ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
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