Mehrdad
Mehrdad ( Persian مهرداد; [mɛhrdɑːd]) is a male Persian given name . The first name is often given by all Iranian ethnic groups.
Some kings of the Persian Empire have borne this name. The original form of this name is Mithradata , Mithradates or Mithridates and means gift from the sun . Mithra , the god of light, was a mediator between good and evil among Indo-Aryan peoples. He was the God of truth, justice and war at the same time. His name has three meanings: friend, light, love. The first syllable of this given name ( Mehr dad) is the neo-Persian form of Mithra or Mithras .
Name bearer
- Mehrdad Izady (* 1963), Belgian-Kurdish writer and cartographer
- Mehrdad Mostofizadeh (* 1969), German politician (B90 / Greens)
- Mehrdad Payandeh (legal scholar) (* 1978)
- Mehrdad Payandeh (trade unionist) (* 1960)
- Mehrdad Pooladi (* 1987), Iranian soccer player