Eldar

Eldar is both a Hebrew first/last name meaning "god resides" and a rare Norse first name meaning "Warrior who fights with fire"(Eld+ar(ar=Harjar)) Eld=fire. It is also a Muslim name meaning 'ruler' in the Persian language. Its also the word for 'fires' in the Icelandic, Swedish and Norwegian language. It is also a common first name among the Tatars, the Crimean Tatars, the Azeris, the Georgians and the Bashkirs.

Eldar may also refer to:

People

• Eldar Shengelaya, a Georgian and Soviet film director and screenwriter.
• Eldar Djangirov, a jazz piano player from Kyrgyzstan, of Russian descent, now living in the USA.
• Eldar Mahmudov, a minister of the National Security of the Azerbaijan Republic.
• Eldar Namazov, an Azerbaijani politician
• Eldar Rønning, a Norwegian cross-country skier.
• Eldar Ryazanov, a Soviet/Russian film director.

Fiction

• Eldar (Middle-earth), a division of the Elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
• Eldar (Warhammer 40,000), an ancient race of elf-like aliens in the Warhammer 40,000 fictional universe
• A race of ancient elves in the Riftwar series by Raymond Feist
• A character in the video game Shining Force III
• A river in the world of The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
• Eldar, a planet in the video game Star Ocean: The Last Hope

Other

• Eldar Pine, a species of pines
• Eldar Pine State Reserve in Azerbaijan
• Eldaring, a Germanic Neopagan organization
• A European server for the MMO The Lord of the Rings Online