The baby name Heydar is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced HAY-dar.
The baby name Heydar is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced HAY-dar.
Heydar is Arabic, Persian in Origin.
Heydar is a Persian and Azerbaijani spelling of Arabic Ḥaydar, written حيدر, a masculine noun and name recorded in classical Arabic for lion. The word is built on the Semitic consonantal base ḥ-y-d-r rather than a transparent verb-derived pattern; Arabic lexicographers treat it as an animal term whose literal sense later acquired martial force in personal naming.
The name became prominent in Islamic usage as an epithet of Ali ibn Abi Talib, especially in Shia devotional culture, where lion imagery marked battlefield courage and sacred authority. Persian transmitted Ḥaydar as Heidar or Heydar into poetry, shrine culture, and bureaucratic families; Turkic and Azerbaijani usage produced forms such as Heydər and Haydar. In the twentieth century, Heydar Aliyev gave the spelling particular visibility in Azerbaijan, while diaspora use remains concentrated among Iranian, Azerbaijani, and other Muslim communities.
| Heydar Aliyev Heydar Aliyev was a prominent Azerbaijani politician who served as the President of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003. He played a crucial role in stabilizing the country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Before his presidency, he was also the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan and a member of the Soviet Politburo. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM | Boys | 0 | #36 | 1 | 614 |
| AZ | 0 | #43 | 1 | 706 | |
| GE | 0 | #44 | 1 | 997 | |
| AZ | Girls | 0 | #75 | 1 | 1,051 |
| GE | Boys | 0 | #109 | 2 | 2,055 |
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #125 | 7 | 1,400 |
| IQ | 0 | #131 | 3 | 3,533 | |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #151 | 1 | 2,166 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| IR | 0 | #229 | 3 | 4,221 | |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #272 | 3 | 3,535 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #286 | 363 | 10,162 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #365 | 5 | 8,477 |
| YE | 0 | #368 | 14 | 8,639 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #460 | 7 | 10,523 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #518 | 9 | 12,621 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #537 | 9 | 8,334 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #552 | 116 | 13,071 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #740 | 4 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #759 | 9 | 11,684 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #801 | 6 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #922 | 4 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 3 | 25,931 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,137 | 7 | 22,615 |
| TR | 0 | #1,178 | 34 | 19,440 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,180 | 3 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,571 | 44 | 28,008 |
Heydar is popular in 33 countries — most recent births per country:
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