Nazir or Nazeer is both a masculine given name and a surname of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include: Given name Nazeer Abbasi (1953–1980), Sindhi political activist Nazeer Akbarabadi (1735–1830), 18th-century Urdu poet Nazeer Allie (born 1985), South African footballer Nazeer Naji (1942/43–2020), Pakistani journalist Nazir Ahmed (disambiguation), multiple people Nazir Afzal (born 1962), British solicitor Nazir Dekhaiya (1921–1988), Gujarati poet from India Nazir Jairazbhoy (1927–2009), professor of music at UCLA Nazir Sabir, Pakistani mountaineer Nazir Stackhouse (born 2002), American football player
Surname Imran Nazir (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer Maulvi Nazir (1975–2013), Pakistani Taliban leader Prem Nazir (1926–1989), Malayali Indian film actor Shaied Nazir (born 1980), convicted of the racially motivated murder of Ross Parker