Haydar (), also spelt Hajdar, Hayder, Haidar, Heidar, Haider, Heydar, Hyder, and other variants, is an Arabic male given name, also used as a surname, and means an epithet for "lion".
In Islamic tradition, the name is primarily associated with Ali ibn Abi Talib (first Shia Imam and fourth Rashidun Caliph), the son-in-law and cousin of Muhammad, who was nicknamed "Haydar".
The variant Hyder () is an Urdu variant used predominantly by Muslims in South Asia.
Hajdar
Haydar
Given name
- Ali (600-661), the son-in-law and cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, said to have been nicknamed "Haydar".
- Haydar AÃ
Âan (1906-1996), Turkish Olympian
- Haydar ÃÂetinkaya (born 1976), Turkish para-Nordic skier
- Haydar Ergülen (born 1956), Turkish poet
- Haydar Ghazi, second Wazir of Sylhet
- Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig (1949-2025), Sudanese footballer
- Haydar Hatemi (born 1945), Iranian artist
- Haydar al-Kuzbari (1920âÂÂ1996), Syrian military officer
- Haydar al-Sadr (1891âÂÂ1937), Muslim Iraqi cleric and ayatollah
- Haydar KarataÃ
 (born 2007), Turkish footballer
- Haydar Khan e Amo-oghli (1880âÂÂ1921), revolutionary and military activist in Iran, Republic of Azerbaijan and Central Asia
- Haydar Zorlu (born 1967), Turkish-German actor
- Haydar Astrakhani (died 1541), Khan of Astrakhan from 1538 through 1541.
- Haydar Amuli (1319-1385), or Haydar al-'Obaydi al-Husayni Amoli, a Shi'ite mystic and Sufi philosopher
Middle name
Surname
Haidar
Hayder
Other variant spellings
For people with these variant spellings, see:
See also
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