Haydar (), also spelt Hajdar, Hayder, Haidar, Heidar, Haider, Heydar, Hyder, and other variants, is an Arabic male given name, also used as a surname, and means an epithet for "lion".

In Islamic tradition, the name is primarily associated with Ali ibn Abi Talib (first Shia Imam and fourth Rashidun Caliph), the son-in-law and cousin of Muhammad, who was nicknamed "Haydar".

The variant Hyder () is an Urdu variant used predominantly by Muslims in South Asia.

Hajdar

• Hajdar Blloshmi (1860–1936), Albanian politician

• Hajdar Muneka (1954–2022), Albanian journalist and diplomat

Haydar

Given name

• Ali (600–661), the son-in-law and cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, said to have been nicknamed "Haydar".

• Haydar Aşan (1906–1996), Turkish Olympian

• Haydar Çetinkaya (born 1976), Turkish para-Nordic skier

• Haydar Ergülen (born 1956), Turkish poet

• Haydar Ghazi, second Wazir of Sylhet

• Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig (1949–2025), Sudanese footballer

• Haydar Hatemi (born 1945), Iranian artist

• Haydar al-Kuzbari (1920–1996), Syrian military officer

• Haydar al-Sadr (1891–1937), Muslim Iraqi cleric and ayatollah

• Haydar Karataş (born 2007), Turkish footballer

• Haydar Khan e Amo-oghli (1880–1921), revolutionary and military activist in Iran, Republic of Azerbaijan and Central Asia

• Haydar Zorlu (born 1967), Turkish-German actor

• Haydar Astrakhani (died 1541), Khan of Astrakhan from 1538 through 1541.

• Haydar Amuli (1319–1385), or Haydar al-'Obaydi al-Husayni Amoli, a Shi'ite mystic and Sufi philosopher

Middle name

• Ali Haydar Şen (born 1939), Turkish businessman

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

Surname

• Darren Haydar (born 1979), Canadian professional ice hockey player

• Kamal Haydar (1933–1980), Yemeni short story writer

• Paula Haydar (born 1965), American academic and translator

• Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar (died 1221), Persian Sufi saint

• Shaykh Haydar (1459–1488), a religious leader of the Safaviyya from 1460 to 1488

• Sultan Haydar (born 1987), Turkish female long-distance runner of Ethiopian origin

Haidar

• Adnan Haidar (born 1989), Lebanese footballer

• Celine Haidar (born 2005), Lebanese footballer

• Haidar Haidar (1936–2023), Syrian writer and novelist.

• Ibrahim Haidar (1867–1974), Lebanese politician

• Mohamad Haidar (born 1989), Lebanese footballer

• Ossama Haidar (born 1980), Lebanese footballer

• Que Haidar (born 1979), Malaysian actor

• Salim Haidar (1911–1980), Lebanese politician

• Haider Abbas Rizvi (born 1968), Pakistani politician

Hayder

• Hayder Ali (1720–1782) Founder of Mysore Sultanate and Father of Tipu Sultan

• Hayder of Crimea, Khan of Crimea

Other variant spellings

For people with these variant spellings, see:

• Heidar

• Haider

• Heydar

• Hyder (name)

• Hyderi (name)

• Heydari (name)

• Aidar (disambiguation) - Brazilian Portuguese variant

• Aydar (disambiguation) - Brazilian Portuguese variant

• Gaidar (surname) - Russian (or Russian-influenced) variant

See also

• Asad, an Arabic given name meaning "lion"

• Hai (surname), a Chinese derivative of Haydar

• Haider (given name), a South Asian and Arabic given name

• Haider (surname), a South Asian, Arabic, and German surname

• Heider (surname), an unrelated German surname

• Lions in Islam

• Qaswarah

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