Type Surname (from given name & from location)
Other Forms FormsNazario, Nazarenko, Nazari, Nazarian, Nazaruk
Meaning & History
Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Abdol, Ahamed, Ali, Behzad, Bijan, Davoud, Massoud, Muhammad, Naved, Nuri, Saeid, Sheikh.Muslim and Jewish (from Iran): from a personal name based on Arabic naẓẓār ‘keen-eyed’ or naẓar ‘vision’.Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic naḍār ‘gold or silver’.Basque: habitational name from a place called Nazar in Navarre.Polish and Ukrainian: from a vernacular form of the Latin personal name Nazarius (see Nazario).American shortened form of Armenian Nazarian. Compare Nazari.