Mehrdad (Persian: مهرداد) is a common Persian male given name in Iran and other Persian speaking countries.
Pronunciation | Persian: [mehɾdɒːd] |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Persian |
Meaning | Given by Mehr |
Region of origin | Iran |
Other names | |
Related names | Mithridates, Mehrzad, Mehrshad, Mehran |
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.