Haydar

Haydar (حيدر), also spelt Hajdar, Hayder, Heidar, Haider, Heydar, Haidr, and other variants, is an Arabic male given name, also used as a surname, meaning "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 variants Hyder and Hyderi (حیدری) are Urdu variants used predominantly by Muslims in South Asia.

Hajdar

 * Hajdar Blloshmi (1860–1936), Albanian politician
 * Hajdar Muneka (1954–2022), Albanian journalist and diplomat

Given name

 * Ali, the son-in-law and cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, said to have been nicknamed "Haydar".
 * Haydar Pasha, Vizier of Ottoman Empire
 * Haydar Aşan, Turkish Olympian
 * Haydar Ergülen, Turkish poet
 * Haydar Ghazi, second Wazir of Sylhet
 * Haydar Hatemi, Iranian artist
 * Haydar al-Kuzbari (1920–1996), Syrian military officer
 * Haydar al-Sadr (1891–1937), Muslim Iraqi cleric and ayatollah
 * Haydar Khan e Amo-oghli (1880–1921), revolutionary and military activist in Iran, Republic of Azerbaijan and Central Asia
 * Haydar Zorlu, Turkish-German actor
 * Haydar Astrakhani, Khan of Astrakhan from 1538 through 1541.
 * Haydar Amuli, 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, 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

 * Haidar Haidar (1936–2023), Syrian writer and novelist.
 * Ibrahim Haidar (1867–1974), Lebanese politician
 * 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

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