Nestor (given name)
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Nestor, or Néstor, is a given name of Greek origin. In Greek mythology it comes from that of Nestor, the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris.{{cite web | title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Nestor | website=Behind the Name | date=9 June 2023 | url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/nestor | access-date=31 March 2024}} The Greek derivation is from a combination of {{langx|grc|νέομαι|néomai|go back|label=none}}, and {{langx|grc|νόστος|nóstos|one who returns from travels|label=none}}.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
The name is also found in Russia, Portugal, and France, with variants in Finland (Nestori), Italy (Nestore), and Spain (Néstor).
People with the name
- Nestor of Gaza (died {{circa}} 362), early Christian martyr
- Nestor of Laranda (2nd–3rd centuries), Greek poet
- Nestor of Magydos or Saint Nestor, Christian saint (died 250)
- Nestor of Thessaloniki, another saint (died c. 300)
- Nestor the Chronicler (c. 1056 – c. 1114), reputed author of the earliest East Slavic chronicle
- Néstor Botero (1919-1996), Colombian journalist, writer and merchant
- Nestor Carbonell (born 1967), American actor
- Nestor Cortés Jr. (born 1994), Cuban-American professional baseball player
- Nestor de Almeida (1907–1992), Brazilian football goalkeeper
- Nestor Forster (1963–), Brazilian diplomat
- Néstor García (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nestor Ignat (1918–2016), Romanian journalist and writer
- Nestory Irankunda (born 2006), also known as Nestor, Australian professional football player
- Néstor Kirchner (1950–2010), Former President of Argentina
- Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868), Russian writer
- Nestor Lakoba (1893–1936), Bolshevik leader in Abkhazia
- Nestor Makhno (1888–1934), 20th-century Ukrainian anarcho-communist
- Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre (1887–1938), Spanish painter from the Canary Islands
- Nestor Mendez (born 1971), Belizean politician and diplomat
- Néstor Ortigoza (born 1984), Paraguayan footballer
- Néstor Pitana (born 1975), Argentine football referee and former actor
- Néstor Rego (born 1962), Galician politician
- Nestor Roqueplan (1805–1870), French writer
- Nestor Serrano (born 1955), American actor
- Nestor J. Zaluzec (born 1952), American scientist
Fictional characters
- Nestor, a group consciousness in the 1980 movie Battle Beyond the Stars
- Nestor, the donkey character in 1977 Japanese-American animated television Christmas special Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
- Nestor, in the 2007 animated television series Shorty McShorts' Shorts
- Nestor, in the 2011 animated television series Scaredy Squirrel
- Néstor, a penguin in the 2006 film Happy Feet
- Nestor, a fictional butler character in the Tintin book series
- Nestor 10, the NS-series robot in the series of short-stories I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
- Nestor Burma, created by French crime novelist Léo Malet
- Nestor Cunningham, a minor protagonist in the 1990 film Tremors
- Nestor Willow, husband of Clarice Willow, in the 2010 TV series Caprica
- Prince Nestor, in the animated television series 2008 World of Quest
See also
- Nestor (surname)
- Nestorius (c.386–c.451), Patriarch of Constantinople, 428–431