Nestor (given name)

Nestor
Gender	male
Origin
Meaning	homecoming
Other names
Related names	Nessie

Nestor is a given name of Greek origin. It comes from that of the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris in Greek mythology.

People with the name

• • Nestor the Chronicler (c.1056-c.1114), reputed author of the earliest East Slavic chronicle
  • Nestor Gianaclis, 19th century founder of the Egyptian cigarette industry
  • Nestor Serrano (born 1955), American actor
  • Nestor of Magydos or Saint Nestor, Christian saint
  • Nestor of Thessaloniki, another saint
  • Nestor Carbonell (born 1967), American actor
  • Néstor García (born 1975), Uruguayan marathon runner
  • Néstor Kirchner (1950-2010), Former President of Argentina
  • Nestor Kukolnik (1809-1868), Russian writer
  • Nestor Makhno (1888-1936), 20th-century Ukrainian anarcho-communist
  • Nestor J. Zaluzec (born 1952), American Scientist
  • Nestorius (c.386–c.451), Patriarch of Constantinople, 428-431

See also

• Nestor (surname)

References

Behind the Name

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