Nādir

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Nādir is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Brazil. Recorded meaning: From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”).

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

6 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Nādir: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Nādir
  1. Medieval Latinnadir(measured from records)
  2. Arabicنَظِير(measured from records)

From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”)

Sources 10

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Dictionary of Islamic Names
  • Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
  • Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nādir counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Nādir is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spelling
BR Brazil—64K—
FR France—5.5K—
US United States—1.6K—
ES Spain—1.4K—
NL Netherlands—506—

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Nādir is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name34 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, India, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Nadir, Nadìr, Nàdir, Nádír, Nådïr

  • Persian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Afghanistan, Iran, United States, Pakistan

    Also written Nadir, Naḏīr, Надир

  • Pashto given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Afghanistan, Pakistan, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Nadir, Naḏīr

  • Urdu given name17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Pakistan, India, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Urdu, Hindi, Bangla

    Also written Nadir, নাদির, Naḏīr, Ňàdir, Ňadiř

  • Turkish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Russia, Syria, Azerbaijan

    Languages: Turkish, Uzbek, Azerbaijani

    Also written Nadir, Надир, Надйр, Nāḍir

  • Portuguese given name32 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Spain

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Nadir, Nádir, Ňàdir, Nãdir, Nadír

  • Indonesian given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Kyrgyzstan, Spain, Indonesia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Nadir, Nàdir, Nådir, Ńádíŕ, Nâdir

  • Russian given name24 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian

    Also written Надир, Nadir, Надір, Ñadir, Nàďîr

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Nādir under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Nādir mean, and where does it come from?
From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”) Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 8 other sources.
Is Nādir a male or female name?
Nādir is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Nādir have the most bearers?
Nādir is most frequently recorded in Brazil.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nādir”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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