Mehrdad

Mehrdad
PronunciationPersian: [mehɾdɒːd]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/namePersian
MeaningGiven by Mehr
Region of originIran
Other names
Related namesMithridates, 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

References

  • Schmitt, Rüdiger (1970), "Die theophoren Eigennamen mit altiranisch *Miθra-", Acta Iranica, 17: 395–455