Nadir (name)
Nadir is both a surname and a given name that is a variation of Nader.
In Arabic and Hebrew, it is a boy's name meaning "dear", "scarce",
“rare” or "precious."
Notable people with the name include:
Persons
Given name
- Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter
- Nadir Belhadj, footballer
- Nadir Çiftçi, Turkish footballer
- Nadir Godrej, Indian industrialist
- Nadir Kouidri, professionally known as Ridan, French singer
Middle name
- Mehmet Nadir Ünal, Turkish kickboxer and amateur boxer
- Mohammed Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933
Surname
- Asil Nadir, Turkish Cypriot businessman
- Kerime Nadir, Turkish writer
- Moyshe Nadir, 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
- Rikki Nadir, an attitude-filled rocker that can be considered an alter-ego of singer-songwriter Peter Hammill.