Nasser (name)

{{Infobox name|name=Nasser|gender=masculine|languageorigin=Arabic|meaning='granter of victory', helper, protector, supporter, victory-maker|alternative spelling=Naser, Nassar, Nasir, Naseer, Nacer,|romanization=Nāṣir|language=Arabic: ناصر|related names=Nasrallah, Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah, Al-Nasrallah, Nasr Nasri}} '''Nasser''' ({{langx|ar|ناصر|lit=granter of victory|translit=Nāṣir}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Nasser Name Meaning & Nasser Family History at Ancestry.com® |url=https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=nasser |access-date=14 July 2021 |website=www.ancestry.com}}</ref> is a masculine given name, commonly found in Arabic. Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration, include Naser, Nassar, Nasir, Naseer, or Nacer. People with this name may include:

==Given name== * Nassar (born 1958), Tamil actor and director, sometimes spelled ''Nasser'' * Nasser al-Bahri (1972–2015), Al Qaeda militant * Nasser Beydoun (born 1964/65), American business executive * Nasser Biria (1958-2025), Iranian Shi'a cleric * Nasser Eljahori, Yemeni army officer *Nasser Fahimi (born 1974), political and ideological prisoner from Iran * Nasser Abu Hamid (1972–2022), Palestinian politician * Nasser Hussain (born 1968), former England cricket captain * Nasser Judeh (born 1961) Jordanian politician * Nasser Kanaani (born 1970), Iranian diplomat * Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 1987), Bahraini royal (also referred to as Sheikh Nasser or Prince Nasser) * Nasser Khalili (born 1945), British-Iranian collector, scholar and philanthropist * Nasser Al-Khelaifi (born 1973), Qatari businessman * Nasser Mansour Hadi (born 1947), Yemeni general * Nasser Minachi (1931–2014), Iranian politician * Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan (died 2008), Emirati royal * Nasser Ovissi (born 1934), Iranian-born American painter * Nasser Al Qasabi (born 1961), Saudi Arabian actor * Nasser Al Saeed (1923–??), Saudi Arabian missing dissident since 1979 * Nasser Saidi (born 1950), Lebanese politician and economist * Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1911–1984), Saudi royal * Nasser Al-Shamrani (born 1983), Saudi Arabian footballer * Nasser Sobbi (1924–2018), Iranian-American Mandaean scribe * Nasser El Sonbaty (1965–2013), German bodybuilder * Nasser Taghvai (1941–2025), Iranian film director and screenwriter * Nasser Yeganeh (1921–1993), Iranian jurist and politician

==Middle name/father name== * Abdul Nasser El Hakim (born 1960), Lebanese-born Curaçaoan businessman, politician, minister and a founder of the political party Movement for the Future of Curaçao (MFK) * Amal Nasser el-Din, (1928-2025), Druze Israeli author and former politician, former MP in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) * Ammar Abadah Nasser al-Wa'eli (1977–2011), Yemeni wanted for terrorism by the FBI * Bashir Ali Nasser al-Sharari (born 1970), Yemeni who became briefly wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI in connection with terrorism * Fadel Nasser Sarouf, (born Valentin Sarov) (born 1976), Bulgarian-Qatari weightlifter * Hussein ibn Nasser (1902–1982), Prime Minister of Jordan from 1963 to 1964 * Hussein Nasser Al-Huraiti (born 1962), Kuwaiti politician and MP in its National Assembly * Hussein Nasser Walji (1920–2005), Tanzanian politician * Mansour Nasser al Bihani (died 2007), Yemeni fighter who died in Somalia in 2011 * Mohammed Nasser Ahmed (born 1950), Yemeni major general and government minister

==Surname== * Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser, alleged terrorist from Saudi Arabia * Amin H. Nasser (born 1960), Saudi Arabian engineer * Farah Nasser, Canadian journalist * Fredy Nasser (born 1956), Honduran businessman * Hana Nasser (born 1991), Israeli football player * Hanna Nasser (1936–2015), Palestinian politician * Hanna Nasser (academic) (born 1935), Palestinian academic and political figure * Jacques Nasser (born 1947), former CEO of Ford Motor Company * Jim Nasser, American politician * Jorge Nasser (born 1956), Uruguayan musician * Larry Nassar (born 1963), former US gymnastics osteopathic physician who sexually abused and raped over 70 women in his career * Latif Nasser (born 1986), American Canadian writer

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Category:Arabic-language surnames Category:Arabic-language masculine given names Category:Masculine given names