Nasrin
Gender | Female |
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Language(s) | Persian |
Origin | |
Word/name | Persian |
Meaning | Wild rose |
Region of origin | Euro Asian |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Nasreen |
Variant form(s) | Nisreen |
Nasrin (translit. "nisriyn/ nisrīn"; Nesrin, or Nasreen; Persian: نسرين) is a feminine given name in Persian, meaning "wild rose".[1] It is among the most popular names given to girls born in Iran.[2]
The name is also popular in South Asia, especially in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, as well as being a commonly-used Turkish and Kurdish given name.
People[]
- Taslima Nasrin (born 1962), Bangladeshi feminist and former physician
- Nasreen Pervin Huq (1958–2006), Bangladeshi women's rights activist
- Nasreen Jahan (born 1966), Bangladeshi novelist
- Nasreen Jalil (born 1947), Pakistani politician
- Nasreen Qadri (born 1986), Israeli singer
- Nesrine Malik, Sudanese-born London-based columnist and author
- Nasreen Mohamedi (1937–1990), Indian artist
- Nesrin Nas (born 1958), Turkish politician of the Motherland Party
- Nesrin Şamdereli (born 1979), Turkish-German screenwriter and film director
- Nasrin Soltankhah (born 1963), Iranian politician
- Nasrin Sotoudeh (born 1963), Iranian human rights lawyer
- Nesreen Tafesh (born 1982), Syrian actress of Palestinian and Algerian descent
- Nesreen Ghaddar, Lebanese mechanical engineer
- Nesrine Merouane (born 1995), Algerian volleyball player
- Naisrín Elsafty (born 1989), Irish-Egyptian singer
See also[]
- Nasrin, a 2020 documentary about Nasrin Sotoudeh (above)
Notes[]
- ^ Behind the Name
- ^ Economics.apa.az Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- Given names
- Arabic feminine given names
- Azerbaijani feminine given names
- Bangladeshi feminine given names
- Persian feminine given names
- Turkish feminine given names
- Pakistani feminine given names