Nestor Family History
Nestor Name Meaning
Irish: from Mac an Aghastair (formerly Mac Girr an Adhastair) a byname meaning ‘short man of the halter’ i.e. one who looked after horses. This Anglicized form has been assimilated to classical Greek Nestor as 2 below. Dutch German French Romanian Slovak Ukrainian Polish and West Indian (mainly Haiti): from a classical Greek personal name Nestōr borne by a king of Pylos who was one of the Greek leaders in the Trojan war noted for his age and wisdom. In Homer's Odyssey the aged Nestor gives wise advice to Odysseus’ son Telemachos; Nestor is thus also a nickname sometimes given to the oldest person in a group. This name was also borne by several Christian saints including an early martyr from Asia Minor. Compare Nester .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022