Nader is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin (نادر Nādir, meaning "rare", "unique"). The name Nadir is a variant. Nader or Näder is also a German surname, meaning embroiderer or tailor.^[1]

Notable people with the name include:

• Nader Shah (1698–1747), former Shah of Iran (Persia)
• Nader Ahmadi (born 1986), Iranian football player
• Nader Bagherzadeh (born 1955), American professor of computer engineering
• Nader Batmanghelidj (1904–1998), Iranian army general
• Nader al-Dahabi (born 1946), Jordanian politician
• Nader Darehshori (born 1936), businessman in the United States
• Nader Engheta (born 1955), Iranian scientist and engineer
• Nader Fergany (1944–2024), Egyptian sociologist and economist
• Wael Nader al-Halqi (born 1964), Syrian politician
• Nader Jahanbani (1928–1979), Iranian army officer
• Nader Matar (born 1992), Lebanese footballer
• Nader El-Sayed (born 1972), Egyptian footballer

• Abdel Nader (born 1993), Egyptian-American basketball player
• Alireza Nader, American academic
• Brooks Nader (born 1996), American model
• Claire Nader (born 1928), American social scientist
• George Nader (1921–2002), Arab-American actor and uncle of Michael Nader
• George Nader (businessman) (born 1959), Lebanese-American businessman, lobbyist, and convicted sex offender
• Habib Nasib Nader (born 1979), British actor
• Hassan Nader (born 1965), Moroccan football player
• Laura Nader (born 1930), American professor of anthropology
• Michael Nader (1945-2021), American actor
• Ralph Nader (born 1934), American attorney, citizen activist and four time third-party presidential candidate
• Rose Nader (1906-2006), American social activist and mother of Ralph Nader
• Shafeek Nader (1926-1986), community advocate and brother of Ralph Nader

• Nadir (disambiguation)
• Nater (disambiguation), includes a list of people with surname Nater