Name: Nestor
Gender: Male
Usage: Nestor, of greek origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Nestor are in general originating from Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Nestor across the world, see Néstor.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Nestor is: Return, Wise.
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Numerology of the first name Nestor: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber
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The name Nestor is ranked on the 2,029th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 203300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.003% of the population. The name Nestor has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Nestor for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Nestor is 26 February.
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History and Origin
Nestor is a given name, often claimed to be of Greek origin. In Greek mythology it comes from that of the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris. The Greek derivation is from a combination of "νέομαι" [neomai] - "go back", and "νόστος" [nostos] - "one who returns from travels".
Another theory makes derivation from Hebrew by combination of "נֵס" [nes] - "miracle", and "תּוֹרָה" [tora] - Torah. It is a well used phrase in religious text of Jewish tradition.
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