Nestor Forename
906th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 991,524 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Burundi
Nestor Forename Definition:
Found as a male baptismal name. So called after Νεστωρ, renowned among the Grecian chiefs for his eloquence, justice, and prudence. Dr. Pape, quoting Curtius, Etym. i. 278, says Nestor means ‘one who has returned home.’ It may come from a compound, νους-στερεος, firm-minded.
Read More About This ForenameNestor Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 100% | 184,381 | 1:232 | 55 |
| Philippines | 99% | 183,327 | 1:578 | 82 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 89,122 | 1:828 | 167 |
| Colombia | 100% | 72,698 | 1:657 | 110 |
| Mexico | 100% | 63,084 | 1:1,968 | 315 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 47,759 | 1:632 | 85 |
| Burundi | 75% | 42,723 | 1:232 | 29 |
| Peru | 100% | 37,572 | 1:846 | 165 |
| Ecuador | - | 27,372 | 1:648 | 139 |
| Brazil | 100% | 26,788 | 1:7,997 | 967 |
| United States | 100% | 20,688 | 1:17,524 | 1,514 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 18,186 | 1:1,188 | 236 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 17,202 | 1:421 | 77 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 15,611 | 1:679 | 167 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 14,504 | 1:236 | 46 |
| Benin | 100% | 13,286 | 1:796 | 163 |
| Chile | 100% | 8,980 | 1:1,961 | 302 |
| Spain | 100% | 8,512 | 1:5,466 | 509 |
| Cuba | - | 7,510 | 1:1,532 | 290 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 7,255 | 1:3,257 | 735 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 7,208 | 1:835 | 161 |
| Togo | - | 6,099 | 1:1,187 | 164 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 5,890 | 1:2,735 | 428 |
| Rwanda | - | 5,801 | 1:1,960 | 427 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 5,090 | 1:2,049 | 328 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4,970 | 1:19,630 | 2,580 |
| El Salvador | - | 4,348 | 1:1,459 | 235 |
| Guinea | 100% | 3,709 | 1:3,197 | 361 |
| Honduras | 100% | 3,686 | 1:2,392 | 401 |
| Panama | 100% | 2,534 | 1:1,542 | 311 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 2,379 | 1:7,726 | 885 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2,361 | 1:1,504 | 206 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,191 | 1:12,317 | 1,115 |
| Namibia | - | 2,151 | 1:1,118 | 231 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 2,137 | 1:10,798 | 1,140 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 2,084 | 1:21,833 | 364 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,915 | 1:7,101 | 1,149 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,652 | 1:20,057 | 1,822 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,435 | 1:123,738 | 6,449 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,419 | 1:7,706 | 512 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,175 | 1:4,058 | 563 |
| France | 95% | 969 | 1:68,597 | 1,809 |
| Gabon | 100% | 962 | 1:1,958 | 462 |
| Belgium | 100% | 959 | 1:11,981 | 1,176 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| India | 100% | 749 | 1:1,622,000 | 90,774 |
| Russia | 99% | 725 | 1:198,943 | 2,971 |
| Poland | 100% | 660 | 1:57,617 | 1,502 |
| Tanzania | 98% | 618 | 1:85,418 | 5,078 |
| Haiti | 100% | 559 | 1:19,190 | 1,619 |
| Congo | 100% | 523 | 1:9,578 | 1,247 |
| Mali | 100% | 497 | 1:34,160 | 2,094 |
| Senegal | 99% | 383 | 1:38,071 | 1,727 |
| Indonesia | - | 381 | 1:677,070 | 46,829 |
| Serbia | 100% | 349 | 1:20,475 | 1,309 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 301 | 1:23,224 | 1,667 |
| Georgia | 100% | 296 | 1:12,630 | 1,064 |
| England | 98% | 261 | 1:213,038 | 6,154 |
| Somalia | - | 239 | 1:56,594 | 2,774 |
| Bahrain | - | 237 | 1:5,691 | 904 |
| Portugal | - | 194 | 1:53,664 | 1,818 |
| Germany | 100% | 184 | 1:525,423 | 5,432 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 176 | 1:46,668 | 2,133 |
| Oman | - | 170 | 1:24,169 | 1,866 |
| Thailand | 100% | 165 | 1:424,641 | 21,255 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 159 | 1:191,509 | 11,232 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 156 | 1:13,402 | 1,686 |
| Malawi | 100% | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Israel | 100% | 126 | 1:66,690 | 3,564 |
| Belize | 100% | 120 | 1:2,953 | 679 |
| Suriname | - | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Uganda | 87% | 111 | 1:368,981 | 9,802 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Australia | - | 107 | 1:127,641 | 4,157 |
| Sweden | 100% | 105 | 1:93,885 | 4,122 |
| New Zealand | - | 97 | 1:46,763 | 2,618 |
| Albania | 100% | 94 | 1:32,410 | 3,482 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 93 | 1:76,903 | 6,422 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 88 | 1:15,471 | 2,009 |
| Guam | - | 87 | 1:1,847 | 398 |
| Italy | 100% | 84 | 1:726,930 | 6,902 |
| South Africa | 73% | 80 | 1:681,658 | 29,523 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 70 | 1:241,458 | 8,357 |
| Qatar | 100% | 61 | 1:38,846 | 5,076 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 58 | 1:305,980 | 5,663 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 57 | 1:143,023 | 12,616 |
| Saint Lucia | 93% | 47 | 1:3,783 | 656 |
| China | - | 46 | 1:29,696,865 | 61,011 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 43 | 1:5,661 | 613 |
| Finland | 100% | 40 | 1:137,080 | 2,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 91% | 39 | 1:395,482 | 19,357 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| French Polynesia | - | 38 | 1:7,313 | 1,076 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Austria | 100% | 37 | 1:230,114 | 3,206 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 36 | 1:24,197 | 1,408 |
| Singapore | 100% | 36 | 1:174,640 | 8,262 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 32 | 1:742,803 | 33,666 |
| Moldova | 100% | 31 | 1:114,875 | 1,335 |
| Norway | 100% | 31 | 1:165,559 | 4,446 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 29 | 1:194,054 | 4,245 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Belarus | 100% | 24 | 1:395,099 | 2,754 |
| Japan | - | 22 | 1:5,817,548 | 29,011 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 22 | 1:26,407 | 1,982 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 21 | 1:5,226 | 861 |
| Kenya | 79% | 20 | 1:2,315,356 | 20,763 |
| Liberia | 100% | 20 | 1:220,603 | 7,624 |
| Scotland | 100% | 16 | 1:334,398 | 4,869 |
| Denmark | - | 15 | 1:376,633 | 6,579 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 13 | 1:2,509,501 | 20,196 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 13 | 1:4,715 | 843 |
| Hong Kong | - | 13 | 1:596,363 | 4,636 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Niger | 100% | 13 | 1:1,475,692 | 20,181 |
| Zambia | - | 12 | 1:1,321,233 | 17,217 |
| Jamaica | - | 10 | 1:288,323 | 8,750 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,071,438 | 15,295 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 9 | 1:391,606 | 4,501 |
| Estonia | 100% | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Romania | - | 7 | 1:2,864,568 | 25,615 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 7 | 1:351,251 | 4,834 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Kosovo | - | 6 | 1:310,240 | 9,823 |
| Micronesia | - | 6 | 1:17,750 | 599 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Wales | - | 5 | 1:618,862 | 7,373 |
| Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,160,880 | 7,088 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Cape Verde | - | 4 | 1:132,288 | 3,925 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Grenada | 100% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 3 | 1:63,999 | 3,481 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 2 | 1:26,776 | 754 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
The alternate forms: Néstor (1,907), Nèstor (55) & Nestór (3) are calculated separately.
Nestor (54,764) may also be a surname.
Nestor Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found as a male baptismal name. So called after Νεστωρ, renowned among the Grecian chiefs for his eloquence, justice, and prudence. Dr. Pape, quoting Curtius, Etym. i. 278, says Nestor means ‘one who has returned home.’ It may come from a compound, νους-στερεος, firm-minded.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (masculine) - One who remembers, or is experienced.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Greek name, meaning: He who remembers.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Nestor Forename Popularity
Nestor Demographics
Average Male Nestor Height
171.58 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 1,660 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Nestor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nestor in the Russian language | ||
| Нестор | nestor | - |
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