Nazaire as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Nazaire

What is the meaning of the name Nazaire ?

The baby name Nazaire is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced French: /na.zɛʁ/ — approx. 'nah-ZAIR'.

Nazaire is French in Origin.

Nazaire is the French form of Late Latin Nazarius, ultimately from Greek Nazoraios/Nazarenos, titles meaning "of Nazareth; Nazarene." Medieval writers sometimes linked it with Hebrew nazir "consecrated, set apart," and that association still colors the name's sense of dedication and holiness, though the place-name origin is the usual scholarly view.

The cult of Saint Nazarius, martyred in early Christian tradition and whose relics were famously discovered by Ambrose in 395, spread the name through Gaul and Italy, leaving many French toponyms called Saint-Nazaire. As a given name it saw modest use in medieval France and enjoyed particular currency in 19th-century Quebec parish registers; today it is rare but distinctive. Cognates and variants include Nazarius (Latin), Nazario (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese), Nazzaro (Italian), and East Slavic Nazariy/Nazarij, with the related short form Nazar; feminine counterparts are Nazaria and Nazariah.