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Nasrin (translit. ''"nisriyn/ nisrīn";'' Nesrin, Nesrine or Nasreen; fa, نسرين) is a feminine
given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
in Persian, meaning " wild rose". It is among the most popular names given to girls born in Iran.Economics.apa.az
The name is also popular in
South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.;;;;; ...
, especially in
Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
,
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
and
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...
, as well as being a commonly-used Turkish and Kurdish and North-African (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya) given name.


People

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Nasreen Mohamedi Nasreen Mohamedi (1937—1990) was an Indian artist best known for her line-based drawings, and is today considered one of the most essential modern artists from India. Despite being relatively unknown outside of her native country during her l ...
(1937–1990), Indian artist *
Nasreen Jalil Nasreen Jalil ( ur, ) (born: 22 February 1944, Lahore) is a Pakistani politician and a senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. She served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from Sindh from 2012 to 2018. Previously, she served as ...
(born 1947), Pakistani politician *
Nasreen Pervin Huq Nasreen Pervin Huq (born Bangladesh, 18 November 1958, died Bangladesh, 24 April 2006) was a prominent women's activist and campaigner for women's rights and social justice. She died in an accident at her home in Dhaka, when she was crushed by ...
(1958–2006), Bangladeshi women's rights activist * Nasrin Rahimieh (born 1958), Iranian-American literary critic, editor, and educator *
Nesrin Nas Nesrin Nas (born 1958) is a Turkish female academic in economics, politician and the former leader of the Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP). She was born in the Central Anatolian town of Bünyan in Kayseri Province. Her father's name ...
(born 1958), Turkish politician of the Motherland Party *
Taslima Nasrin Taslima Nasrin (born 25 August 1962) is a Bangladeshi-Swedish writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writing on women's oppression and criticism of religion. Some of her books are banned in Bangladesh ...
(born 1962), Bangladeshi feminist and former physician * Nasrin Soltankhah (born 1963), Iranian politician *
Nasrin Sotoudeh Nasrin Sotoudeh ( fa, نسرین ستوده) is a human rights lawyer in Iran. She has represented imprisoned Iranian opposition activists and politicians following the disputed June 2009 Iranian presidential elections as well as prisoners sent ...
(born 1963), Iranian human rights lawyer *
Nasreen Jahan Nasreen Jahan (born 1966) is a Bangladeshi writer and literary editor. She came to notice with the publication of her novel ''The Woman Who Flew: Urukku'' in 1993. Life Jahan was born and brought up in Mymensingh. She joined the ''Chander Hat'', ...
(born 1966), Bangladeshi novelist *
Nasreen Nasrin (translit. ''"nisriyn/ nisrīn";'' Nesrin, Nesrine or Nasreen; fa, نسرين) is a feminine given name in Persian, meaning " wild rose". It is among the most popular names given to girls born in Iran.Nesrin Şamdereli Nesrin Şamdereli (born 1979) is a Turkish-German screenwriter of Zaza origin and film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and ac ...
(born 1979), Turkish-German screenwriter and film director * Nesrin Cavadzade (born 1982), Turkish actress *
Nesreen Tafesh Nesreen Tafesh ( ar, نسرين طافش; born February 15, 1982) is a Syrian-Palestinian-Algerian actress and singer. Early life Nesreen was born in Aleppo, Syria to the Palestinian poet and author Yousef Tafesh from the Palestinian town of Safed ...
(born 1982), Syrian actress of Palestinian and Algerian descent *
Nasreen Qadri Nasreen Qadri ( ar, نسرين قادري, he, נסרין קדרי; born September 2, 1986) better known as Nasrin Kadri is an Arab-Israeli singer of traditional and pop Middle Eastern and Mizrahi music. Qadri, a Muslim convert to Judaism, mostl ...
(born 1986), Israeli singer *
Naisrín Elsafty Naisrín Elsafty (born 1989) is an Irish-Egyptian singer and surgeon. She is notable as a distinguished exponent of sean-nós singing, an unaccompanied and heavily ornamented style characteristic of the Irish-speaking area where she grew up. Ea ...
(born 1989), Irish-Egyptian singer *
Nesrine Merouane Nesrine Kheloudja Merouane (born January 23, 1995 in Algiers) is an Algerian volleyball player. Club information Current club : GSP (ex MC Algiers Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alge ...
(born 1995), Algerian volleyball player *
Nasrin Husseini Nasrin Husseini is an Afghan-born Canadian advocate of refugees, veterinary researcher, and a food activist, working to remake the food system. Her research focuses on advancing animal health through breeding and improving the productivity of the ...
, Afghani
refugee A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.
advocate, veterinary
researcher Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness t ...
, and food activist *
Nesrine Malik Nesrine Malik is a Sudanese-born journalist and author of '' We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent''. Based in London, Malik is a columnist for ''The Guardian'' and serves as a panellist on the BBC's weekly ...
, Sudanese-born London-based columnist and author *
Nesreen Ghaddar Nesreen Ghaddar is a professor of mechanical engineering at the American University of Beirut. She is Qatar Chair of Energy Studies and the Director of the Munib and Angela Institute of Energy and Natural Resources at AUB. She obtained her Bachelor ...
, Lebanese mechanical engineer


See also

*'' Nasrin,'' a 2020 documentary about Nasrin Sotoudeh (above)


Notes

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