Nestor

Greek

"traveler, voyager"

Nestor Origin and Meaning

The name Nestor is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "traveler, voyager".

A wise ruler of legend--his sage advice helped the Greeks win the Trojan War--whose name is a possibility for the adventurous, though related in sound to the dated Lester-Hester family.

Nestor Rank in US Top 1000

# 948 in the US

Popularity of the name Nestor

• 1653 Nameberry 2025
• 776 Unique 2023

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Famous People Named Nestor

• Néstor Gastón Carbonell American actor
• Nestor Ivanovych Makhno Ukrainian anarchist
• Nestor Purugganan Redondo Filipino comics artist
• Nestor Mesta Chayres Mexican operatic tenor

The name Nestor in Pop Culture

• Nestor son of Neleus, the King of Pylos in Greek mythology
• Nestor character in The Adventures of Tintin
• Nestor Burma created by French crime novelist Léo Malet
• Nestor character in animated television series Shorty McShorts' Shorts
• Nestor character in the animated television series Scaredy Squirrel
• Néstor a penguin in the film "Happy Feet"
• Nestor 10 the NS,series robot in Isaac Asimov's I, Robot
• Prince Nestor character in the animated television series World of Quest
• Nestor Willow husband of Clarice Willow on TV's Caprica
• Nestor a group consciousness in film "Battle Beyond the Stars"
• "Nestor the Long–Eared Christmas Donkey," animated Christmas special
• Little Nestor character in a MadTV Claymation segment