Nestor (given name)
Nestor, or Néstor, is a given name of Greek origin. In Greek mythology it comes from that of Nestor, the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris. The Greek derivation is from a combination of, and.
The name is also found in Russia, Portugal, and France, with variants in Finland, Italy, and Spain.
People with the name
- Nestor of Gaza, early Christian martyr
- Nestor of Laranda, Greek poet
- Nestor of Magydos or Saint Nestor, Christian saint
- Nestor of Thessaloniki, another saint
- Nestor the Chronicler, reputed author of the earliest East Slavic chronicle
- Nestor Binabo, Nigerian politician
- Néstor Botero, Colombian journalist, writer and merchant
- Nestor Carbonell, American actor
- Nestor Cortés Jr., Cuban-American professional baseball player
- Nestor de Almeida, Brazilian football goalkeeper
- Nestor Forster, Brazilian diplomat
- Néstor García (disambiguation), multiple people
- Néstor Bordiola, Argentine cumbia villera singer
- Nestor Ignat, Romanian journalist and writer
- Nestory Irankunda, also known as Nestor, Australian professional football player
- Néstor Kirchner, Former President of Argentina
- Nestor Kukolnik, Russian writer
- Nestor Lakoba, Bolshevik leader in Abkhazia
- Nestor Makhno, 20th-century Ukrainian anarcho-communist
- Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre, Spanish painter from the Canary Islands
- Nestor Mendez, Belizean politician and diplomat
- Néstor Ortigoza, Paraguayan footballer
- Néstor Pitana, Argentine football referee and former actor
- Néstor Rego, Galician politician
- Nestor Roqueplan, French writer
- Nestor Serrano, American actor
- Nestor J. Zaluzec, American scientist
Fictional characters
- Nestor, a group consciousness in the 1980 movie Battle Beyond the Stars
- Nestor, the donkey character in 1977 Japanese-American animated television Christmas special Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
- Nestor, in the 2007 animated television series Shorty McShorts' Shorts
- Nestor, in the 2011 animated television series Scaredy Squirrel
- Néstor, a penguin in the 2006 film Happy Feet
- Nestor, a butler and reoccurring character in the Tintin franchise
- Nestor 10, the NS-series robot in the series of short-stories I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
- Nestor Burma, created by French crime novelist Léo Malet
- Nestor Cunningham, a minor protagonist in the 1990 film Tremors
- Nestor Willow, husband of Clarice Willow, in the 2010 TV series Caprica
- Prince Nestor, in the animated television series 2008 ''World of Quest''