Yasir is an Arabic name that means "wealthy" or "prosperous", from the root yusr, ease and abundance; the related word yasara means to be easy or gentle. It is widespread across the Arab world and South Asia and is familiar in the West through Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. In the United States Yasir has climbed from number 2374 in 2000 to a peak of number 1017 in 2019 and ranks 1158 in 2025.