Haider (first name)
Haider , also Haidar , is a male given name .
Origin and meaning
Nickname of Ali , the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed
Origin: Arabic
Meaning / translation: lion
variants
Also in the spelling “Haidar” or the abbreviation “Haid”.
Well-known namesake
- Haider al-Abadi (* 1952), Iraqi politician and Prime Minister of the country
- Haider Ackermann (* 1971), Columbian fashion designer
- Haider Ali (athlete) (* 1984), Pakistani Paralympic athlete
- Haider Ali (boxer) (* 1979), Pakistani Olympic boxer
- Haider Ali Kohari (* 17th century), military general and secretary of Maratha King Shivaji
- Haider Aziz Safwi (* 1945), Indian politician and minister in the government of West Bengal
- Haider Hussain singer-songwriter from Bangladesh
- Haider Mahmoud (* 1942), Jordanian-Palestinian poet
- Haider Qureshi (* 1953), Pakistani Urdu poet and journalist
- Haider Rahman , Pakistani musician
- Haider Zaman Khan , Pakistani politician