Haidar

• Gender: Masculine
• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: Lion
• Pronunciation: (HIE-dar; HAY-der)

From the Arabic حيدر‎; (lion), this was a nickname for the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammed, Ali.

Currently, Haider is the 475th Most Popular Male Name in England & Wales (2018).

Variant transcriptions include: Hayder & Hyder.

Other forms include:

• Hajdar (Albanian/Bosnian)
• Heydər (Azeri)
• Heydarحیدر (Persian)
• Haydar (Turkish)

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haydar#Hajdar
• https://quranicnames.com/haidar/
• https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Haidar
• https://www.behindthename.com/name/haidar
• https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82:%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%85%D8%A9_%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9