Nodir
Fewer than seventy men in Poland carry it, and none has been given in over two decades: most Poles have never met one. The name itself means rare, precious.
Nodir Pronunciation
Nodir is pronounced NO-deer (/ˈnɔdir/).
What Nodir means
Where Nodir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nodir comes from Arabic nādir, a word for something rare and precious. Central Asian languages, Uzbek among them, took it up as the everyday form of Nadir. The root describes what you seldom find, a scarce thing valued for being scarce.
In Uzbek it is a man's name, given and used without fuss. The name reaches Polish records plain. No diminutive, no variant, no cross-gender pair travels with it. Nodir stays five letters, easy to read on an imieniny card.
The meaning is simple. To be called Nodir is to be named for something rare. The eighteenth-century ruler known in the West as Nader Shah carries the same word, Nodir in Uzbek, and under it the Arabic nādir, rare and precious.
How many people are named Nodir
1 in 318600 men in Poland is named Nodir. 67 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4445 among male names.