Origin and Meaning of Nestor

Gender

Masculine

Origin of Nestor

Greek

Meaning of Nestor

The name Nestor means "homecoming" in Greek.

Famous bearers

In Greek mythology, Nestor was the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris. Also, Nestor (c. 1056 - c. 1114) was the reputed author of the earliest East Slavic chronicle, the Lives of St Theodosius and of Boris and Gleb, and of the so-called Reading.

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