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Nestor

“Homecomer, one who returns safely” — Greek origin

Boy's name · #1535 in the US (2025) · 90s

Nestor's best rank, #587, came in 1991; it has settled back to #1535 today. Roughly 10,000 boys have been named Nestor since 1885.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,900 boys in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 12,000 boys in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 17,000 boys in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Nestors

• Néstor Kirchner — President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007
• Nestor Makhno — Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (1888–1934)
• Nestor the Chronicler — Saint and chronicler of Kievan Rus'
• Néstor Gorosito — Argentine association football player
• Nestor Carbonell — American actor

In stories & tradition

• Nestor — Iliad
• Nestor Burma — New Mysteries of Paris

What Nestors become

Among 662 notable people named Nestor:

Sports figures appear 1.26× more often than among typical names — e.g. Néstor Gorosito, Argentine association football player.

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