Mehrdad
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| Mehrdad | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | Persian/iranian |
| Region of origin | Iran (Persia) |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Mihrdat,Mitradat |
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Mehrdad (Persian: مهرداد; 
[mɛhrdɑːd] (help·info)) is an Persian (Iranian) male given name.
'Mehrdad' derives from Middle Persian Mihrdat, a theophoric name meaning "Given by Mihr." 'Mihr' in turn derives from Avestan Mithra, the Zoroastrian divinity and hypostasis of covenant.
In present-day Iran, the name Mehrdad is also retroactively applied to several historic figures that appear in western literature as Mithridates, a hellenized or philhellenic form of the Old Iranian name.
People named Mehrdad
- Mehrdad Asemani, singer, composer
- Mehrdad Bahar, historian
- Mehrdad Izady, academic, writer and historian
- Mehrdad Karimian, footballer
- Mehrdad Minavand, footballer
- Mehrdad Nikoonahad, engineer
- Mehrdad Oladi, footballer
- Mehrdad Pooladi, footballer
- Mehrdad Mahdavi, computer scientist
- Takaloo or Mehrdad Takaloo, boxer
References
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (1970), "Die theophoren Eigennamen mit altiranisch *Miθra-", Acta Iranica 17: 395–455
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