Hedayet as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Hedayet

What is the meaning of the name Hedayet ?

The baby name Hedayet is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced heh-DAH-yet (approx. IPA: /heˈda.jet/; alternate: /hɪˈda.jet/).

Hedayet is Arabic in Origin.

Hedayet is a Persian- and Bengali-influenced spelling of the Arabic name Hidayat/Hidayah, from the root h-d-y “to guide,” meaning “guidance, right direction, divine guidance.” In Persian it appears as Hedayat (هدایت); in Arabic the base noun is Hidayah (هداية). Commonly masculine across Persianate, South Asian, and Turkish cultures, though occasionally unisex.

The name has circulated since the Islamic Golden Age in personal and family names. It functions as both a given name and a surname across Persian, Urdu, Turkish, and Malay-Indonesian contexts. Notables include Iranian author Sadegh Hedayat and, in variant forms, Turkish athlete Hidayet Türkoğlu and Indonesian champion Taufik Hidayat, reflecting its broad reach. Variants and related forms: Hedayat, Hidayat, Hidayet (Turkish), Hidayah (feminine), Hedayet/Hidayatullah (“guidance of God”), and compound Bengali forms like Hedayet Ullah or Hedayet Hossain.