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نِزَار
Nizar
ni-ZAAR
“An ancient Arabian name.”
About Nizar
Nizar is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "an ancient arabian name" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
An ancient Arabian tribal name whose lexical meaning is not established; this entry does not guess at it. Nizar ibn Ma'add is a legendary ancestor of the northern Arab tribes. Borne by the poet Nizar Qabbani.
Common in Syria, Lebanon, and Tunisia.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Nizaar, Nezar
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Nizar is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Nizar before.
- Nizar Qabbani (1923–1998), Syrian poet
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Nizar
- What does the name Nizar mean?
- Nizar (نِزَار) means "An ancient Arabian name". An ancient Arabian tribal name whose lexical meaning is not established; this entry does not guess at it. Nizar ibn Ma'add is a legendary ancestor of the northern Arab tribes. Borne by the poet Nizar Qabbani.
- Is Nizar a name from the Qur'an?
- Nizar does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Nizar a boy or a girl name?
- Nizar is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Nizar come from?
- Nizar is an Arabic name, built on the root letters —. Common in Syria, Lebanon, and Tunisia.
- How is Nizar spelled?
- Nizar is the most common English spelling. The same Arabic name (نِزَار) is also written Nizaar and Nezar. They are one name, not different names — the spelling only reflects how each family or country transliterates the Arabic.
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