Baby name
STABLE
🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 Nasir
/nah · SEER/
Meaning
“Helper, protector”
From the Arabic root ن-ص-ر (n-s-r, 'to help, to support'), Nasir is the active participle of the verb نَصَرَ (naṣara) and means 'helper' or 'protector'. The name is also used in Turkish, where it keeps its Arabic-derived sense.
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
A dependable, traditional name across the Arabic, Persian, Turkish and South Asian Muslim world; understated rather than trendy in Western countries.
The cultural moment.
Last ranked #486 in the United States in 2025 and #984 in England and Wales in 2006, and beyond the top 999 in Germany. Nasir stays a familiar, traditional choice across Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Bengali and Malay speaking families, without following any Western popularity trend.