Heydar is a common male
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
in
Greater Iran
Greater Iran ( fa, ایران بزرگ, translit=Irān-e Bozorg) refers to a region covering parts of Western Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Xinjiang, and the Caucasus, where both Culture of Iran, Iranian culture and Iranian langua ...
, particularly in
Iran and
Azerbaijan. A variant of the
Arabic name
Haydar (also spelt
Heidar,
Haider
Haider is a predominantly Arabic name, with alternative spellings such as Haidar, Haydar and Heydar. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Haider Al-Abadi, Iraqi politician
*Haider Ackermann (born 1971), French fashion designer
*Haid ...
, and other variants), it was a cognomen of
Ali, who was known for his courage in battle.
Heydar is sometimes transliterated as
Gaidar or Geidar, from the
Cyrillic
, bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця
, fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs
, fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic
, fam3 = Phoenician
, fam4 = G ...
spelling Гейдар.
The name may refer to:
People
*
Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003), Azerbaijani politician and president
*
Heydar Babayev (born 1957), Azerbaijani politician
*
Heydar Ghiai (1922–1985), Iranian architect
*
Heydar Huseynov (1908–1950), Azerbaijani philosopher
*
Heydar Moslehi (born 1957), Iranian politician
*
Heydar Yaghma (1926–1986), Iranian poet
See also
*
Heydar Alat, Iran
*''
Heydar Babaya Salam'', a work of poetry
*
Heydar Baghi, Iran
*
Heydar Didehban, Iran
*
Heydar-e Posht-e Shahr, Iran
*
Heydar Kar, Iran
*
Heydar Kola, Iran
*
Heydari (name), an Iranian surname
References
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Azerbaijani masculine given names
Persian masculine given names