Nazar is a masculine name with multiple origins.

Christian use

As used by

Christians A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words '' Christ'' and ''C ...

, it means "from

Nazareth Nazareth is the largest Cities in Israel, city in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. In its population was . Known as "the Arab capital of Israel", Nazareth serves as a cultural, political, religious, economic and ...

," the town where

Jesus Christ Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...

was said to have lived. Among

Muslims Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

it may also be of Persian, Arabic, or Turkic origin, see article " nazar" for etymology. Nazario is an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

and

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

version of the name, Nazaire is a French version and Nazarii is a Ukrainian and Nazaryi

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

form. Other variants in use include Naz, Nasareo, Nasarrio, Nazaret, Nazarie, Nazaro, Nazarene, Nazerine and Nazor. In 2008, Nazar was the most popular name for boys born in

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

People

Saint Nazarius (Roman Martyrology) Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius are saints of the Catholic Church, mentioned in the Martyrology of Bede and earlier editions of the ''Roman Martyrology'' for 12 June as four Roman martyrs who suffered death under Diocletian. It has been ...

(died 303), saint of the Roman Catholic Church, mentioned in the Martyrology of Bede and earlier editions of the Roman Martyrology * Saint Nazarius (Abbot), fourteenth abbot of the monastery of Lérins * Saints Nazarius and Celsus, two martyrs of whom nothing is known except the discovery of their bodies by Saint Ambrose * Nazar Al Baharna (born 1950), Bahraini academic, entrepreneur and politician * Nazar Baýramow (born 1982), Turkmenistani footballer * Nazar Mahmud (born 1988), Israeli-Druze figure skater * Nazar Mohammad (1921–1996), Pakistani cricketer * Nazar Mohamed Kassim, Singaporean convicted killer *

Nazario Escoto Nazario Escoto Donaire was acting President of "Democratic" Nicaragua after the death of Francisco Castellón Francisco Castellón Sanabria (18158 September 1855) was president of "Democratic" Nicaragua from 1854 to 1855 during the Granada-Le ...

, acting President of "Democratic" Nicaragua after the death of Francisco Castellón during Granada-León civil war *

Nazario Sauro Nazario Sauro (20 September 1880 – 10 August 1916) was an Austrian-born Italian irredentist and sailor. Life Born in Capodistria, in what was then the Austrian Littoral (today Koper, Slovenia), he took to sailing from a very young age ...

(1880–1916), Austrian-born Italian irredentist and sailor * Nazario Toledo (1807-1887), Costa Rican politician * John Paul Nazarius (1556-1645), Dominican theologian *

Nazariy Yaremchuk Nazariy Nazarovych Yaremchuk () was a Hutsuls, Hutsul Ukrainians, Ukrainian singer, born in the village of Vyzhnytsia Raion, Rivnya, Chernivtsi Oblast. He was posthumously named Hero of Ukraine in August 2021. Until his death in 1995, Yaremchuk ...

(1951–1995), Ukrainian singer * Ruzi Nazar (1917-2015), CIA agent who was supposed to have Uzbek origin * Nazar (comedian) (died 1992), Pakistani comedian, film actor * Nazar (musician) (born 1993), Angolan electronic musician * Nazar (rapper) (born 1984), Austrian rapper

Fictional characters

* Zoya Nazar, fictional character in the Indian YRF Spy Universe, portrayed by Katrina Kaif

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People

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