Mehrdad

Mehrdad is a common Persian male given name in Iran and other Persian speaking countries. Mehrdad is a Persian name for boys that means "given by sun". It comes from the Old Persian name "Mithradatha" and the Middle Persian name "Mehrdat", which is a theophoric name that means "given by Mithra" or "given by Mehr". "Mehr" comes from Avestan Mithra, the Zoroastrian divinity and hypo-stasis of covenant.

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.

People

 * Mehrdad Pahlbod (1917–2018), Iranian politician
 * Mehrdad Kia, Iranian-American historian
 * Mehrdad Pooladi (1987), Iranian professional football player
 * Mehrdad Bazrpash (1980), Iranian politician
 * Mehrdad Raissi Ardali (1987), Iranian voice actor