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Name Nazar
Type Surname (from given name & from location)
Usage Arabic, Muslim, Jewish, Iranian, Persian, Basque, Polish, Ukrainian, Armenian (Americanized)
Other Forms FormsNazario, Nazarenko, Nazari, Nazarian, Nazaruk
Edit Status Statusnot set

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.
Added 1/18/2025 by THB13