Zadeh (also Zadehttps://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/43_folder/43_articles/43_names.html) (Persian: زاده) is a Persian patronymic suffix meaning 'descendant of' or 'born of' used in names mainly in Iran and Azerbaijan.

Notable people whose names contain 'Zadeh' include:

• Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), mathematician, electrical engineer, and computer scientist

• Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh (18121878), Azerbaijani author, playwright, and philosopher

• Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947), Soviet and Azerbaijani composer and pianist

• Rafael Amen-Zadeh (born 1943), Soviet and Azerbaijani mathematician and physicist

• Nailya Asker-zade (born 1987), Russian journalist and television presenter of Azerbaijani descent

• Hashem Beikzadeh (born 1984), Iranian footballer

  Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (19361982), Iranian politician

• Sabir Gusein-Zade (born 1950), Russian mathematician

• Masoud Hashemzadeh (born 1981), Iranian wrestler

• T. J. Houshmandzadeh (born 1977), American NFL football player

• Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (born 1963), American physician and medical researcher

  Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (18661932), Azerbaijani satirist and writer

• Aziza Mustafazadeh (born 1969), Soviet and Azerbaijani singer, pianist, and composer

• Vagif Mustafazadeh (19401979), Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer

• Hossein Rezazadeh (born 1978), Iranian politician, retired Olympic weightlifter, and world record holder

  Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh (19422023), Iranian and German philosopher of medicine

• Ilya Salmanzadeh (born 1986), Swedish music producer

• Avetis Sultan-Zade (1889–1938), Persian-born ethnic Armenian communist

• Aysel Teymurzadeh (born 1989), Azerbaijani singer

  Amirhossein Yahyazadeh (born 1998), Iranian professional footballer

See also

• Zadeh, a common element (i.e., that sequence, though not necessarily with the initial letter in upper-case) in Iranian names and toponyms -- Hence, see , although due to technical considerations it will omit most of the many instances where that letter is immediately preceded, not by either a hyphen or white-space, but by a letter of the alphabet.

• Zada (suffix)

• Zade