Kadir

Kadeer/Kader/Kadir/Qader/Qadir/Quadeer/Quadir are the primary transliterations of two Arabic male given names (قادر, also spelled Qaadir) and (قدیر, also spelled Qadeer). These names are derived from Al-Qaadir, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "The (Most) Capable", using the word قدير meaning "able/competent".

Kadeer

 * Kadeer Ali (born 1983), English cricketer

Kader

 * Kader Abdolah (born 1954), Iranian-Dutch writer, poet and columnist
 * Kader Arif (born 1959), French politician
 * Kader Asmal (1934–2011), South African politician
 * Kader Hançar (corn 1999), Turkish women's footballer
 * Kader Khan (born 1937), Indian film actor
 * Abdel Kader Sylla (born 1990), Seychelles basketball player

Kadir

 * Elishay Kadir (born 1987), Israeli basketball player
 * Syed Abdul Kadir (born 1948), Singaporean boxer
 * Kadir Arslan (born 1977), Turkish volleyball player
 * Kadir Cin (born 1987), Turkish volleyball player
 * Kadir İnanır (born 1949), Turkish film actor and director
 * Kadir Keleş (born 1988), Turkish footballer
 * Kadir Mısıroğlu (1933–2019), Turkish Islamist writer and conspiracy theorist
 * Kadir Nelson, African American artist and illustrator
 * Kadir Rana (born 1961), Indian politician
 * Kadir Topbaş (1945–2021), Turkish architect and former Mayor of Istanbul

Qader

 * Qader Eshpari (born 1967), Afghan singer

Qadir

 * Al-Qadir (died 1031), Caliph of the later Abbasid caliphate ruled from 1st November 991 – 29th November 1031.
 * Qadir Huseynov (born 1986), Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster
 * Qadir Magsi (born 1962), Pakistani politician
 * Qadir Obeidi (born 1947), Iraqi politician

Surname

 * Aron Kader (born 1974), American comedian of Palestinian descent
 * Asghar Qadir (born 1946), Pakistani mathematician
 * Elishay Kadir (born 1987), Israeli basketball player
 * Foued Kadir (born 1983), Algerian footballer
 * Kamal Qadir (born 1958), Kurdish activist
 * Khandan Kadir (born 1969), Afghan extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
 * Rebiya Kadeer (born 1947), Uyghur businesswoman
 * Zahir Qadir, Afghan politician
 * Zunun Kadir (1911–1989), Uyghur writer