Nader

Nader is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin (نادر Nādir, meaning "rare", "unique"). The name Nadir is a variant. Nader or Näder is also a German surname, meaning embroiderer or tailor.

Nader

Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈnæːdeɾ, ˈnaːdɪɾ]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	rare
Region of origin	Western Asia
Other names
Alternative spelling	Nadir

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Nader Shah, former Shah of Iran (Persia)
• Nader Ahmadi (born 1986), Iranian football player
• Nader Batmanghelidj (1904–1998), Iranian army general
• Nader Bagherzadeh (born 1955), American professor of computer engineering
• Nader al-Dahabi (born 1946), Jordanian politician
• Nader Darehshori, businessman in the United States
• Nader Engheta, Iranian scientist and engineer
• Wael Nader al-Halqi, Syrian politician
• Nader Jahanbani (1928–1979), Iranian army officer
• Nader Matar, Lebanese footballer
• Nader El-Sayed, Egyptian footballer

Surname

• Abdel Nader, Egyptian-American basketball player
• Alireza Nader, American academic
• Brooks Nader, American model
• Claire Nader, American social scientist
• George Nader (1921–2002), Arab-American actor and uncle of Michael Nader
• George Nader (businessman), Lebanese-American businessman, lobbyist, and convicted sex offender
• Habib Nasib Nader (born 1979), British actor
• Hassan Nader, Moroccan football player
• Laura Nader, American professor of anthropology
• Michael Nader, American actor
• Ralph Nader, American attorney, citizen activist and four time third-party presidential candidate
• Rose Nader, American social activist and mother of Ralph Nader
• Shafeek Nader, community advocate and brother of Ralph Nader

See also

• Nadir (disambiguation)
• Nater (disambiguation), includes a list of people with surname Nater