Nadir (name)

Nadir is both a surname and a given name that is a variation of Nader.

In the Arabic language, it is a boy's name meaning "dear", "scarce" or "precious."
(Arabic writing: نادر) ^[1]

Notable people with the name include:

Persons[]

Given name[]

• Nadir Afonso (born 1920), Portuguese painter
• Nadir Belhadj (born 1982), footballer
• Nadir Çiftçi, Turkish footballer
• Nadir Godrej, Indian industrialist
• Nadir Kouidri (born 1975), professionally known as Ridan, French singer

Middle name[]

• Mehmet Nadir Ünal (born 1993), Turkish kickboxer and amateur boxer
• Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883–1933), King of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933

Surname[]

• Asil Nadir (born 1941), Turkish Cypriot businessman
• Kerime Nadir (1917–1984), Turkish writer
• Moyshe Nadir (1885–1943), American writer and satirist

Fictional character[]

• Zain Nadir, a The Bill character
• Abed Nadir, a Community character
• Nadir Khan, Known as "The Persian" in the Gaston Leroux novel The Phantom of the Opera, given this name in the 1990 adaptation by Susan Kay, Phantom.

See also[]

• Nadira
• Nadir
• Nader

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