Nestor

Where Nestor comes from

From Ancient Greek Νέστωρ (Néstōr), possibly from νέομαι (néomai, “to return safely”), νόστος (nóstos, “homecoming”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Nestor
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1056
    Nestor the Chronicler born
    Saint and chronicler of Kievan Rus'
  2. 1885
    First appearance
    #936 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1888
    Nestor Makhno born
    Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary
  4. 1991
    Peak, #586
    300 babies named Nestor — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,364.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, rare in English.
Namesakes
  • Nestor Makhno · Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary, 1888–1934
  • Nestor the Chronicler · Saint and chronicler of Kievan Rus', 1056–1114
  • Nestor Irankunda · Australian association football player, born 2006
  • Nestor Lakoba · Abkhazian politician, 1893–1936
  • Nestor Omar Piccoli · Argentine association football player and manager, born 1965

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.