Nasruddin (name) explained

Nasruddin
Gender:	masculine
Language:	Arabic
Meaning:	'defender of the faith'
Variant Forms:	Nasir al-Din, Naseeruddin, Nasiruddin, Nasir ad-Din, Nasir ud-Din, Naser el-Din
Related Names:	Nasr, Nasir, Nasrallah

Nasruddin was originally a honorific title and is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. There are many variant spellings in English due to transliteration including Nasir al-Din, and Nasiruddin.

The most notable person with this name is the 13th-century philosopher, Sufi and wise man from Turkey, Nasreddin Hodja. Other people with the title or name include:

People with the given name Nasruddin

• Nasreddin or Nasreddin Hodja, 13th century Seljuq satirist, populist philosopher, Sufi and wise man
• Nasruddin (reigned 1690–1710), 15th Sultan of Brunei
• Nasruddin Khan, emir of Kokand 1875–1876
• Nasruddin Mohseni (fl. from 2002), Afghan politician

People with the surname Nasruddin

• Azman Nasruddin (born 1972), Malaysian politician
• Nadhirah Nasruddin (born 1994), Malaysian cricketer

See also

• ad-Din, Arabic name suffix
• Nasir al-Din (disambiguation)
• Nasreddin (crater)
• Molla Nasraddin (magazine)
• Nimatnama-i-Nasiruddin-Shahi, 16th-century medieval Indian cookbook, written in Persian language