Mehrdad
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | Persian |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Mehrdad |
Mehrdad (Mehrdād) is a Persian 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.
[edit] People named Mehrdad
- Mehrdad Aref-Adib, designer
- Mehrdad Bahar, historian
- Mehrdad Minavand, footballer
- Mehrdad Nikoonahad, engineer
- Mehrdad Oladi, footballer
- Mehrdad Pooladi, footballer
- Mehrdad Takaloo, boxer
[edit] References
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (1970), “Die theophoren Eigennamen mit altiranisch *Miθra-”, Acta Iranica 17: 395-455
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