A ferrous alloy powder for additive manufacturing, obtained by atomization of an alloy with a gas made of at least 95% in volume of nitrogen, the alloy comprising carbon up to 0.5 wt. %, titanium up to 11.0 wt. %, boron up to 5 wt. %, manganese up to 30 wt. %, aluminium up to 15 wt. %, silicon up to 1.5 wt. %, vanadium up to 0.5 wt. %, copper up to 2 wt. %, niobium up to 2 wt. %, a remainder being iron and residual elements, the ferrous allow powder comprising endogenous nitrides or carbonitrides of at least one element chosen among a group consisting of titanium, aluminium, boron, vanadium, silicon, and niobium, a nitrogen content of the ferrous alloy powder being above the solubility limit of nitrogen in the alloy, at an atomization temperature.