Haydar

Haydar
Pronunciation	([ħɑjdɑr]; Hai-dar)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic

Haydar (Arabic: حيدر‎‎) (also spelled Heidar, Haider, Haidar, Hyder, Hayder, Hajdar, Hidar, Haidhar or Heydar; can appear as Gaidar or Gaydar as a result of transliteration through Cyrillic ) is one of many Arabic male given names for "lion", each denoting some aspect of the animal.

Place name

• Haidar, a village in Casimcea Commune, Tulcea County, Romania
• Haidar Usmonov, town and jamoat in north-west Tajikistan
• Haydar, Akyurt, village in the District of Akyurt, Ankara Province, Turkey
• Haydarpaşa, neighborhood within the Kadıköy district on the Asian part of Istanbul, Turkey
  • Haydarpaşa Cemetery, cemetery in Istanbul
  • Port of Haydarpaşa, also known as the Port of Haidar Pasha, general cargo seaport, and container terminal, situated in Haydarpaşa, Istanbul

Hyderabad in India

• Babaheydar (also Romanized Bābā Ḩeydar or Bāba Haīdar), city in the Central District of Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran

Haidar / Haïdar

Given name

• Haidar al-Abbadi, Iraqi prime minister
• Haider Ackermann, French fashion designer
• Haidar Ali (c. 1722–1782), ruler of the Indian Kingdom of Mysore
• Haïdar el Ali, Senegalese ecologist and government minister
• Haidar Abdel-Shafi (1919–2007), Palestinian physician, community leader and political leader
• Haidar Abdul-Amir (born 1982), Iraqi football player
• Haidar Abdul-Jabar (born 1976), Iraqi football player
• Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (born 1982), Iraqi football player
• Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939–), Prime Minister of Yemen
• Haidar Bagir, Indonesian philosopher, entrepreneur, social activist
• Haidar Khan (died 1925?), leader of one of the Bakhtiari tribes in Iran
• Haidar Mahmoud (born 1973), Iraqi football player
• Haidar Malik (1620s), administrator, and soldier in Kashmir
• Haidar Nasir (born 1981), also known as Haider Jabreen, Iraqi discus thrower
• Haidar Obeid (born 1979), Iraqi football player
• Haidar Qassāb (died 1356), head of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar from 1355/56 until his death
• Haidar Sabah (born 1986), Iraqi football player
• Haidar Salim, Afghan singer.
• Haidar Al-Shaïbani (born 1984), Algerian-Canadian football (soccer) player

Middle name

• Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish (1778–1848), Urdu poet
• Maya Haïdar Boustani, Lebanese archaeologist and museum curator
• Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat (1499 or 1500–1551), Chagatai Turko-Mogol military general, ruler of Kashmir, and a historical writer

Surname

• Adnan Haidar (born 1989), Norwegian football player
• Ali Haidar (basketball) (born 1990), Canadian basketball player of Lebanese origin
• Ali Haidar (military) (1913–1999), Pakistani Pashtun military personality in British Indian Army
• Ali Haidar (politician) (born 1962), Syrian politician and minister
• Aminatou Haidar (1967–), Sahrawi human rights activist
• Dana Haidar (born 1993), Jordanian taekwondo player
• Gul Haidar, former mujahideen commander and official in the Afghan Ministry of Defense
• Haidar Haidar, Syrian writer and novelist
• Mohamad Haidar (born 1989), Lebanese football player

Haydar

Given name

• Ali, the cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, said to have been nicknamed "Haydar"
• Haydar Baş, Turkish politician
• Haydar Ergülen, Turkish poet
• Haydar Hatemi, Iranian artist
• Haydar al-Kuzbari (1920–1996), Syrian military officer
• Haydar al-Sadr (1891–1937), Muslim Iraqi cleric and ayatollah
• Haydar Khan e Amo-oghli (1880–1921), revolutionary and military activist in Iran, Republic of Azerbaijan and Central Asia
• Haydar Zorlu, Turkish-German actor
• Sheikh Haydar Astrakhani, Khan of Astrakhan from 1538 through 1541.
• Sayyid Haydar Amuli, or Haydar al-'Obaydi al-Husayni Amoli, a Shi'ite mystic and Sufi philosopher

Middle name

• Ali Haydar Şen, Turkish businessman
• Mohammed Haydar Zammar (born 1961), Syrian Muslim jihadist and al-Qaida recruiter

Surname

• Alp Haydar (born 1982), British actor of Turkish Cypriot origin
• Darren Haydar (born 1979), Canadian professional ice hockey
• Kamal Haydar (1933–1980), Yemeni short story writer
• Paula Haydar, American academic and translator
• Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar, Persian Sufi saint
• Shaykh Haydar, a religious leader of the Safaviyya from 1460-1488
• Sultan Haydar (born 1985), Turkish female long-distance runner of Ethiopian origin

Haider

Given name

• Haider Al-Abadi, Iraqi politician
• Haider Ackermann (born 1971), French fashion designer
• Haider Ali (athlete) (born 1984), all-round Pakistani Paralympic athlete
• Haider Ali (boxer) (born 1979), Pakistani Olympic boxer
• Haider Ali Kohari (born 17th century), military general and secretary of the Maratha king Shivaji
• Haider Aziz Safwi, Indian politician
• Haider Hussain (singer-songwriter), Bangladeshi singer-songwriter
• Haider Mahmoud (born 1942), Jordanian-Palestinian poet
• Haider Nawzad (born 1983), Iraqi rower. Also known as Haydar Nozad, Haidar Hama Rashid
• Haider Qureshi (born 1953), Pakistani Urdu poet, writer and journalist
• Haider Rahman, Pakistani musician
• Haider Rashid, Iraqi-Italian director, producer and writer
• Haider Zaman Khan, Pakistan politician and administrator

Middle name

• Abdulelah Haider Shaye (born c. 1977), Yemeni journalist. Also known as Abd al-Ilah Haydar Al-Sha’i
• Ali Haider Multani (1690–1785), Sufi Punjabi poet
• Ghulam Haider Hamidi (1945–2011), Mayor of Kandahar, Afghanistan
• Ghulam Haider Wyne, Pakistani politician
• Khaqan Haider Ghazi (born 1965), Punjabi poet
• Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury (1926–1971), Bengali essayist, scholar of Bengali literature, educator and linguist of the Bengali language
• Nawab Ali Haider Khan (1900–1963), Indian politician
• Nawab Haider Naqvi, Pakistani economist and scholar
• Rafique Haider Khan Leghari (born 1951), Pakistani politician, minister
• Shamim Haider Tirmazi (born 1939), Pakistani author
• Tanzil Haider Usmani,Pakistani chemist

Surname

• Afzaal Haider (born 1971), Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer
• Ali Haider, Pakistani singer and actor
• Andreas Haider-Maurer (born 1987), Austrian tennis player
• Ernst Haider (1890–1988), German painter and graphic artist
• Ghazi-ud-Din Haider (born c. 1769 – 1827), last nawab wazir of Oudh (1814–1818) and first King of Oudh (1818–1827)
• Ghulam Haider, music composer well known in both India and Pakistan
• Ilse Haider (born 1965), Austrian artist
• Iqbal Haider (1945–2012), advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Co-Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Senator
• Izhar Haider (1944–2009), Urdu poet, social worker, broadcaster
• Jörg Haider (1950–2008), Austrian politician
• Maximilian Haider (born 1950), Austrian physicist
• Michael Lawrence Haider (1904–1986), American petroleum engineer, business executive
• Moinuddin Haider (born 1942), Pakistani general
• Nasiruddin Haider (born c. 1803 – 1837), second King of Oudh (1827–1837)
• Rashid Haider, Bangladeshi author and novelist
• Sajjad Haider (born 1966), Indian journalist media personality
• Shani Haider, Pakistani music producer
• Sepp Haider (born 1953), Austrian rally driver
• Syed Afzal Haider, Pakistani politician
• Talib Haider, Pakistani television journalist and a news presenter
• Wasim Haider (born 1967), Pakistani cricketer
• Zameer Haider (born 1962), Pakistani international cricket umpire
• Zulqarnain Haider (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer

Heydar

Given name

• Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003), President of Azerbaijan

Hyder

Given name

• Hyder Ali (1721–1782), sultan and de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India

Surname

• Qurratulain Hyder (1927–2007), novelist writing in Urdu

Various

• "Haydar Haydar", well known traditional Alevi song
• Nishan-e-Haider or Nishan-e-Hyder (translated as "Emblem of Haider, where Haider is the epithet of Hazrat Ali and means Lion", abbreviated as NH), highest military decoration given by Pakistan

See also

• Hyder (disambiguation)
• Hyderi (name)
• Hyderi
• Hyderabad, Sindh
• Hyderabad, India
• Hyderabad State