# Kadir

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**Kadir/Kadeer/Qader/Qadir/Quadeer/Quadir** are the primary [transliterations](/source/Romanization_of_Arabic) of two Arabic male given names (Arabic: [قادر](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1), also spelled **Qaadir**) and (Arabic: [قدیر](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1), also spelled **Qadeer**). These names are derived from **Al-Qaadir,** one of the [names of God in Islam](/source/Names_of_God_in_Islam), meaning "*The (All or Most) Capable*", using the word **قدير** meaning "*able/competent"*.

## Kadeer

- [Kadeer Ali](/source/Kadeer_Ali) (born 1983), English cricketer

## Kadir

### Given name

- [Kadir Akbulut](/source/Kadir_Akbulut) (born 1960), Turkish footballer and coach
- [Kadir Arı](/source/Kadir_Ar%C4%B1) (born 1994), Turkish footballer
- [Kadir Arslan](/source/Kadir_Arslan) (born 1977), Turkish volleyball player
- [Kadir Bal](/source/Kadir_Bal) (born 1966), Turkish bureaucrat, diplomat, and engineer
- [Kadir Barría](/source/Kadir_Barr%C3%ADa) (born 2007), Panamanian footballer
- [Kadir Bekmezci](/source/Kadir_Bekmezci) (born 1985), Belgian footballer
- [Kadir Caidi](/source/Kadir_Caidi) (born 1990), Italian footballer
- [Kadir Çermik](/source/Kadir_%C3%87ermik) (born 1977), Turkish stage, film, television, and voice actor
- [Kadir Cin](/source/Kadir_Cin) (born 1987), Turkish volleyball player
- [Kadir Doğulu](/source/Kadir_Do%C4%9Fulu) (born 1982), Turkish actor
- [Kadir Hodžić](/source/Kadir_Hod%C5%BEi%C4%87) (born 1994), Bosnia-born Swedish footballer
- [Kadir İnanır](/source/Kadir_%C4%B0nan%C4%B1r) (born 1949), Turkish film actor and director
- [Kadir Irfan](/source/Kadir_Irfan), Iraqi basketball player
- [Kadir Kamal](/source/Kadir_Kamal) (born 2000), Turkish wrestler
- [Kadir Kasirga](/source/Kadir_Kasirga) (born 1975), Swedish-Kurdish politician
- [Kadir Keleş](/source/Kadir_Kele%C5%9F) (born 1988), Turkish footballer
- [Kadir Koçdemir](/source/Kadir_Ko%C3%A7demir) (born 1964), Turkish politician, author and former governor
- [Kadir Mısıroğlu](/source/Kadir_M%C4%B1s%C4%B1ro%C4%9Flu) (1933–2019), Turkish Islamist writer and conspiracy theorist
- [Kadir Nelson](/source/Kadir_Nelson) (born 1974), African American artist and illustrator
- [Kadir Nurman](/source/Kadir_Nurman) (1933–2013), Turkish restaurateur
- [Kadir Özcan](/source/Kadir_%C3%96zcan) (1952–2013), Turkish football player and coach
- [Kadir Özkaya](/source/Kadir_%C3%96zkaya) (born 1963), Turkish politician
- [Kadir Rana](/source/Kadir_Rana) (born 1961), Indian politician
- [Kadir Seven](/source/Kadir_Seven) (born 2003), Turkish footballer
- [Kadir Sözen](/source/Kadir_S%C3%B6zen) (born 1964), German-Turkish journalist and filmmaker
- [Kadir Talabani](/source/Kadir_Talabani) (born 1986), Iraqi actor
- [Kadir Timergazin](/source/Kadir_Timergazin) (1913–1963), Soviet petroleum geologist
- [Kadir Topbaş](/source/Kadir_Topba%C5%9F) (1945–2021), Turkish architect and former Mayor of Istanbul
- [Kadir Yahaya](/source/Kadir_Yahaya) (born 1968), Singaporean footballer

### Surname

- [Elishay Kadir](/source/Elishay_Kadir) (born 1987), Israeli basketball player
- [Syed Abdul Kadir](/source/Syed_Abdul_Kadir) (born 1948), Singaporean boxer

## Qader

- [Qader Eshpari](/source/Qader_Eshpari) (born 1967), Afghan singer

## Qadir

- [Al-Qadir](/source/Al-Qadir) (947–1031), [Caliph](/source/Caliph) of the later [Abbasid caliphate](/source/Abbasid_dynasty) ruled from 1st November 991 – 29th November 1031.
- [Qadir Bakhsh](/source/Qadir_Bakhsh) (1946–2008), Pakistani footballer
- [Qadir Bux Bedil](/source/Qadir_Bux_Bedil) (1814–1873), Indian Sufi poet and scholar
- [Qadir Berdi](/source/Qadir_Berdi), Khan of the Golden Horde
- [Qadir Dilan](/source/Qadir_Dilan) (1930–1999), Iraqi Kurdish singer, songwriter and musician
- [Qadir Huseynov](/source/Qadir_Huseynov) (born 1986), Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster
- [Qadir Ismail](/source/Qadir_Ismail) (born 2000), American footballer
- [Qadir Magsi](/source/Qadir_Magsi) (born 1962), Pakistani politician
- [Qadir Mandokhail](/source/Qadir_Mandokhail), Pakistani politician
- [Qadir Nayel](/source/Qadir_Nayel), Pakistani politician
- [Qadir Obeidi](/source/Qadir_Obeidi) (born 1947), Iraqi politician
- [Qadir Yar](/source/Qadir_Yar) (1802–1892), Punjabi poet

## Surname

- [Abdul Kadir](/source/Abdul_Kadir_(politician)) (1952–2018), Guyanese politician, convicted terrorist.
- [Abdul Qadir](/source/Abdul_Qadir_(Afghan_communist)) (1944–2014) Afghan communist military officer
- [Aron Kader](/source/Aron_Kader) (born 1974), American comedian of Palestinian descent
- [Asghar Qadir](/source/Asghar_Qadir) (born 1946), Pakistani mathematician
- [Elishay Kadir](/source/Elishay_Kadir) (born 1987), Israeli basketball player
- [Foued Kadir](/source/Foued_Kadir) (born 1983), Algerian footballer
- [Ghulam Qadir](/source/Ghulam_Kadir), (1767–1789) Afghan Rohilla leader
- [Kamal Qadir](/source/Kamal_Qadir) (born 1958), Kurdish activist
- [Khandan Kadir](/source/Khandan_Kadir) (born 1969), Afghan extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
- [Rebiya Kadeer](/source/Rebiya_Kadeer) (born 1947), Uyghur businesswoman
- [Zahir Qadir](/source/Zahir_Qadir) (born 1973), Afghan politician
- [Zunun Kadir](/source/Zunun_Kadir) (1911–1989), Uyghur writer

## See also

- [Khadir (disambiguation)](/source/Khadir_(disambiguation))
- [Ghadir (disambiguation)](/source/Ghadir_(disambiguation))
- [Abdul Qadir](/source/Abdul_Qadir)
- [Ghadir class submarine](/source/Ghadir_class_submarine), Iranian submarine capable of launching torpedoes and rockets
- [Qader (missile)](/source/Qader_(missile)), Iranian anti-ship cruise missile
- [Kadyr](/source/Kadyr)

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