# Nasrallah

Nasrallah (Arabic: نصرالله, lit. 'victory of God') is a masculine given name, commonly found in the Arabic language and is used by Muslims, Christians, and other Arabs. It may also be transliterated as Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah, and Al-Nasrallah. Bearing the surname often indicates that the family adopted the name Nasrallah from one of its patrilineal ancestors.

## Notable people

Notable people with the name Nasrallah and its variants include:

### Afghanistan

* Nasrollah Sarvari (1942–2017) Afghani painter, educator

### Egypt

* Yousry Nasrallah (born 1952), Egyptian film director

### Honduras

* Salvador Nasralla (born 1953), Honduran media personality, TV presenter, politician, founder of Honduran Anti-Corruption Party

### Iraq

In Iraq, the most notable family to carry the name is the Alid Faizid family of Nasrallah from Karbala. However, there are other Alid and non-Alid families that carry the name, that come from Hindiyah, Hillah, and Nasiriyah.
* Nasrallah al-Haeri (1696–1746), Iraqi scholar and poet
* Jawad Nasrallah (d. 1808), Iraqi nobleman and custodian of Imam Husayn Shrine
* Hassan Nasrallah (1881–1959), Iraqi nobleman, activist, and businessman
* Murtadha Nasrallah (1922–2005), Iraqi law professor
* Hashem Nasrallah (1923–1997), Iraqi businessman and chairman of Karbala's chamber of commerce
* Mohammed Hussain Nasrallah (born 1951), Iraqi judge and prosecutor
* Abdul Sahib Nasrallah (born 1951), Iraqi author and custodian of Imam Husayn Shrine
* Aref Nasrallah (born 1958), Iraqi social activist and philanthropist

### Iran

* Abu'l-Ma'ali Nasrallah, Persian poet, statesman and vizier
* Moein (singer), Iranian singer
* Nasrallah Shah-Abadi, Iranian Shia cleric, politician
* Nasrollah Jahangard, Iranian politician
* Nasrollah Sajjadi, Iranian politician and sports administrator
* Nasrollah Pejmanfar, Iranian Shia cleric, politician
* Nasrollah Nasehpour, Iranian-Azeri music composer

### Kazakhstan

* Nasrullah Nauryzbai Kutpanbetuly Bahadur

### Kuwait

In Kuwait, the most notable family to carry the name is known as the family of Al-Nasrallah. They trace back to the Anazzah tribe, and migrated from Sudair. They reside mainly in Jiblah and Jahrah.
* Danah Al-Nasrallah (born 1988), Kuwaiti female track and field athlete

### Lebanon

In Lebanon, the name can be found in Shia, Sunni, Druze, and Christian families all across Lebanon, and they trace back to Sednayah, Hauran and Babylon.
* Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1923–1997), Lebanese patriarch of Lebanon's largest Christian body
* Emily Nasrallah (1931–2018), Lebanese writer and women's rights activist
* Hassan Nasrallah (1960–2024), Secretary General of the Lebanese political party Hezbollah
* Hassan Nasrallah (born 1982), Lebanese footballer

### Mexico

* Jesús Nader Nasrallah (born 1959), Mexican politician

### Pakistan

* Nasrullah Khan (footballer) (born 1985), Pakistani football midfielder
* Mir Ahmed Nasrallah Thattvi, 16th-century Muslim geographer and historian

### Palestine

In Palestine, it is believed that the Nasrallah family traces back to either the one that originated in the Levant (North Syria and Rif-Dimashq), or in the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia and Yemen). They reside mainly in Qaqun.
* Adel Gharib Nasrallah, birth name of Eddie Nash (1929–2014), Palestinian-American convicted gangster and drug dealer
* Ibrahim Nasrallah (born 1954), Jordanian-Palestinian poet

### United States

* Nasrallah Onea "Naz" Worthen (born 1966), American football wide receiver