Mehrdad
| Pronunciation | Persian: [mehɾdɒːd] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Persian |
| Meaning | Given by Mehr |
| Region of origin | Iran |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Mithridates, Mehrzad, Mehrshad, Mehran |
Mehrdād (Persian: مهرداد, pronounced [mehɾdɒːd] ) is a common Persian male given name in Iran and other Persian speaking countries. The name is derived from Mehr, an angelic Zoroastrian divinity (yazata) of covenant, light, and oath. The Persian word mehr (مهر) also means "sun" or "love", while dād (داد) means "given". So, the literal meaning of Mehrdād (مهرداد) is "given by sun" or "given by love". Mehrdad is a historical Persian name that derives from Middle Persian Mihrdāt (Old Persian Miθradāta), a theophoric name meaning 'given by Mehr'.
In modern-day Iran, the name Mehrdad is also retroactively applied to several historic Persian figures that appear in western literature as Mithridates, a Hellenized or philhellenic form of Mehrdad.
People
- Mehrdad Pahlbod (1917–2018), Iranian politician
- Mehrdad Kia, Iranian-American historian
References
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (1970), "Die theophoren Eigennamen mit altiranisch *Miθra-", Acta Iranica, 17: 395–455
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