Nazir

Where Nazir comes from

Nazir hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1831
    Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi born
    Indian writer
  2. 1962
    Nazir Afzal born
    British lawyer
  3. 1985
    First appearance
    #6,523 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2024
    Peak, #946
    243 babies named Nazir — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi · Indian writer, 1831–1912
  • Nazir Afzal · British lawyer, born 1962
  • Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed · British politician, born 1957
  • Nazir Jaser · Syrian bicycle racer, born 1989
  • Nazir Naji · Pakistani journalist, 1942–2024

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.