{{Other uses|Mithridates (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox given name | name = Mehrdad | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation = {{IPA|fa|mehɾdɒːd|lang}} | gender = Male | meaning = Given by Mehr | region = Iran (Persia) | origin = Persian | related names = Mithridates, Mehrzad, Mehrshad, Mehran | footnotes = }} '''Mehrdad''' ({{langx|fa|مهرداد}}) is a common Persian male given name in Iran (Persia) and other Persian-speaking countries. Mehrdad is a Persian name for boys that means "given by sun" or "given by love". ''Mehr'' means "sun" or "love," and ''Dad'' means "given."{{cn|date=November 2024}}
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 (born 1987), Iranian professional football player * Mehrdad Bazrpash (born 1980), Iranian politician * Mehrdad Raissi Ardali (born 1987), Iranian voice actor
==References== * {{citation|last=Schmitt|first=Rüdiger|title=Die theophoren Eigennamen mit altiranisch *Miθra-|journal=Acta Iranica|volume=17|year=1970|pages=395–455}}
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