Hidayat as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Hidayat

What is the meaning of the name Hidayat ?

The baby name Hidayat is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced {'ipa': '/hiˈda.jat/', 'respelling': 'hee-DAH-yat'}.

Hidayat is Arabic in Origin.

Hidayat is a masculine given name of Arabic origin meaning “guidance,” “right direction,” or “divine guidance.” It stems from the triliteral root H-D-Y, central in the Qur’an’s theme of being led to the straight path, and corresponds to Arabic هداية (hidāyah). Through Persian and Urdu, the form Hidayat/Hedayat spread widely, carrying a devotional sense of being rightly guided.

The name is used across the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, and also appears in Turkish as Hidayet. Common variants and transliterations include Hedayat, Hedaya/Hedayet (Bengali), and the feminine counterpart Hidayah, especially in Arabic and Malay/Indonesian usage. Related compounds such as Hidayatullah (“guidance of God”) and Nurul Hidayah (“light of guidance”) are frequent. Hidayat functions as both given name and surname; bearers range from scholars to public figures such as Hidayet Türkoğlu and the Iranian writer Sadegh Hedayat.