Nadir
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Nadir is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Portuguese, recorded as nadir (point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where the observer stands).
- BRBrazil1 in 4.3K(measured from records)
- AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 1.1K
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 1.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 122 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
49,480 people, 2022
Highest-authority source
Azerbaijan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Arabic: 'precious, rare'; used by Muslims in Sudan
Sources 1
- African Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Nadir is read(measured from records)
Nadir is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Turkish35%
Seyrek, az bulunur.
as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
- Portuguese27%
nadir (point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where the observer stands)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French7.7%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Nadir in French.
- Urdu7.4%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Nadir in Urdu.
- English5.1%
The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nadir counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #473 | 49,480 | 1 in 4.3K | 64K | Nadir | 100 |
| DZ Algeria | #763 | ≈32,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Nadir | 28 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | — | ≈9,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 261 | — | 12 |
| FR France | — | ≈6,500 est. | ≈1 in 10K | 5.5K | — | 2 |
| MA Morocco | — | ≈5,900 est. | ≈1 in 6K | — | Nadir | 21 |
49,480 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. 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 — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Nadir is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, Arabic: 'precious, rare'; used by Muslims in Sudan
as a nameAfrican Names
In Arabic, Sharp
as a nameThe book of African names
In Arabic, (naadir) (,45): extraordinary, rare, exceptional
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nadir Afonsob. 1920PTPortuguese painter and architect (1920-2013)
- Nadir Ibrahimovb. 1932AZAzerbaijani astronomer (1932–1977)
- Nader Dahabib. 1946JOnot in their usual nameJordanian politician
- RedOneb. 1972MAnot in their usual nameMoroccan-Swedish songwriter, singer, record producer and record executive (born 1972)
- Nadir Belhadjb. 1982FRAlgerian-French footballer (born 1982)
- Nadir Casellib. 1989ITItalian actress (born 1989)
- Nadir Çiftçib. 1992TRTurkish association football player (born 1992)
- Nadir Rüstəmlib. 1999AZAzerbaijani singer
- Nadir Hifib. 2002FRAlgerian basketball player
- Nadir Mirza of KhorasanIREmperor of Khorasan
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 97 sources across 48 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 64K | #654 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 49K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 44K | #571 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 5.6K | #571 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 5.5K | #995 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics | — | 261 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2010 | 50 | — |
Reference works 7
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Тахиров, Речник на турските лични имена в България
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Nadir mean?
- In Portuguese, nadir (point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where the observer stands)
- Where does the name Nadir come from?
- Arabic: 'precious, rare'; used by Muslims in Sudan Recorded by African Names.
- Is Nadir a male or female name?
- Nadir 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.
- What are other forms of the name Nadir?
- In the etymology graph, Nader is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Nadir have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 49 thousand people named Nadir, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nadir.
- How common is the name Nadir?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 49,480 people named Nadir in 2022, about 1 in 4.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Nadir compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Nadir is the 473rd most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
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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, “Nadir” — the 473rd most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.