Ansar

Gender: Masculine
Origin: Arabic
Meaning: “helpers.”
(AHN-SAHR)

The name is derived from the Arabic plural and Islamic term, al-Ansar (the helpers), which refers to a group of Medinian citizens who helped the Prophet Mohammed settle into the city of Medina.

Its Balkan and Turkish form of Ensar is currently the 33rd most popular male name in Bosnia & Herzegovina, (2010).

The name is used throughout the Islamic world.

Other forms include:

• Anshar (Achinese, Javanese)
• Ensar (Albanian, Bosnian, Turkish)
• Ənsar (Azeri)
• Ansor Ансор (Tajik, Uzbek)
• Ansaar (Urdu)
• Anzar (Uyghur)