Nasr (name)
| Romanization | Naṣr |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine |
| Language(s) | Arabic: نصر |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Meaning | 'victory' |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Nassr |
| Related names | Nasrallah, Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah, Al-Nasrallah |
Nasr (Arabic: نصر, romanized: Naṣr, lit. 'victory') is a given name and surname, more common as a surname, in the Arabic language. It may refer to:
Mononym
[edit]- Nasr I, Samanid amir ruled 864–892
- Nasr II, Samanid amir, ruled 914–943
- Nasr, Sultan of Granada (1287–1322), in the Nasrid dynasty
Given name
[edit]- Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan (born 1941), Jordanian-Palestinian artist, television interior designer/producer
- Nasr Abu Zayd (1943–2010), Egyptian Qur'anic thinker
- Nasr ibn Sayyar (663–748), Arab general and the last Umayyad governor of Khurasan in 738–748
- Nasr ibn Shabath al-Uqayli, early 9th-century rebel leader in the Jazira
- Nasr Javed, Kashmiri senior operative of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba
- Nasr Al-Madhkur, 18th century local governor of what was described by a contemporary account as an "independent state" of Bushire and Bahrain
- Nasra Ali Abukar (born 2003) Somali female athlete
- Nasr El Hag Ali, the first vice chancellor of the University of Khartoum
Middle name
[edit]- Alireza Nasr Azadani (born 1985), Iranian taekwondo player
Surname
[edit]- Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr (died 1307), Marinid ruler of Morocco
- Ali Nasr (1891-1961), Iranian dramatist and playwright
- Farouk Seif Al Nasr (1922–2009), Egyptian politician
- Felipe Nasr, Brazilian racing driver
- Ghassan Nasr, academic and translator
- Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, Egyptian cleric who was living in asylum in Italy until being allegedly abducted by the CIA
- Kamila Nasr, Canadian singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Beijing
- May Nasr, Lebanese singer, musician and microfinancing consultant
- Mahmoud Nasr, Egyptian cinematographer
- Mahmoud Abo El-Nasr (born 1953), Egyptian engineering professor, politician and minister
- Muhammad Hamid Abu al-Nasr, a General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
- Octavia Nasr, Lebanese-American journalist
- Ramsey Nasr (born 1974), Dutch-Palestinian author and actor
- Rasha Nasr (born 1992), Syrian-German politician
- Said Al Nasr, Syrian Palestinian, convicted in Belgium in 1980 for terrorism
- Salah Nasr (1920–1982), head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate from 1957 to 1967
- Saleh Nasr (born 1999), Egyptian football player
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Iranian professor in the department of Islamic studies at George Washington University
- Suad Nasr (1953–2007), Egyptian stage, television, and film actress
- Vali Reza Nasr, Iranian-born U.S. academic and scholar teaching at the Naval Postgraduate School
- Yasman Malek-Nasr (also spelt Yassamin Maleknasr, born 1955), Iranian filmmaker and actress
See also
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