Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Urdu
Scripts ياسر(Arabic) یاسر(Urdu)
Pronounced Pron. YA-seer(Arabic)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "to be rich", derived from Arabic يسر (yasira) meaning "to become easy". This was the name of an early Islamic martyr. It was also borne by Yasir Arafat (1929-2004), a leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Related Names

VariantsYaser, Yasser(Arabic)
Other Languages & CulturesYaser, Yasser(Persian) Yaser(Turkish)

Popularity

People think this name is

formal   upper class   natural   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   simple   serious  

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Entry updated December 8, 2017