Nazir is an Arabic name that means "observer" or "overseer", from the verb nazara, to look; in Hebrew the related word nazir describes a person consecrated to God, the Nazirite of the Bible. It is used across the Muslim world from Morocco to Pakistan. In the United States Nazir rose from number 1551 in 2015 into the top 1000 at number 946 in 2024 and ranks number 1071 in 2025.