Mehrdad
Pronunciation | Persian: [mehɾdɒːd] |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Persian |
Meaning | Given by Mehr |
Region of origin | Iran |
Other names | |
Related names | Mithridates, Mehrzad, Mehrshad, Mehran |
Mehrdād (Persian: مهرداد, pronounced [mehɾdɒːd] ⓘ) is a common Persian male given name in Iran and other Persian speaking countries.
In modern-day Iran, the name Mehrdad is also retroactively applied to several historic Persian figures that appear in western literature as Mithridates, a Hellenized or philhellenic form of Mehrdad.
People
- Mehrdad Pahlbod (1917–2018), Iranian politician
- Mehrdad Kia, Iranian-American historian
References
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (1970), "Die theophoren Eigennamen mit altiranisch *Miθra-", Acta Iranica, 17: 395–455