Origin and popularity of the name HAIDAR

Origin

Haidar : Arabic: from a personal name based on ḥaidar ‘lion’. Ḥaidar was an epithet of Ali the first imam of the Shiite Muslims. This surname is found among both Muslims and Christians. Compare Haider 1.

Heidari : Muslim (mainly Iran): surname denoting descent from or association with someone called Ḥeidar a Persian form of the Arabic personal name Haidar in particular from/with Ali the first imam of the Shiites also known as Ḥaidar ‘Lion’. Compare Heydari.

Heydari : Muslim (Iran): variant of Heidari derived from the personal name Ḥeydar or from a variant Persian spelling of the epithet Ḥaidar (see Haidar).

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Last name frequency

Geographic distribution of the 39 individuals with the name HAIDAR on Geneanet.

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