# Mehrdad

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{{Other uses|Mithridates (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox given name
| name = Mehrdad
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| pronunciation = {{IPA|fa|mehɾdɒːd|lang}}
| gender = Male
| meaning = Given by [Mehr](/source/Mithra)
| region = [Iran](/source/Iran) ([Persia](/source/Name_of_Iran))
| origin = [Persian](/source/Persian_language) 
| related names = [Mithridates](/source/Mithridates_(disambiguation)), [Mehrzad](/source/Mehrzad), Mehrshad, Mehran
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}}
'''Mehrdad''' ({{langx|fa|مهرداد}}) is a common [Persian](/source/Persian_language) male given name in [Iran](/source/Iran) ([Persia](/source/Name_of_Iran)) 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](/source/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](/source/Mithridates_(disambiguation)), a Hellenized or philhellenic form of Mehrdad.

==People==
* [Mehrdad Pahlbod](/source/Mehrdad_Pahlbod) (1917–2018), Iranian politician
* [Mehrdad Kia](/source/Mehrdad_Kia), Iranian-American historian
* [Mehrdad Pooladi](/source/Mehrdad_Pooladi) (born 1987), Iranian professional football player 
* [Mehrdad Bazrpash](/source/Mehrdad_Bazrpash) (born 1980), Iranian politician
* [Mehrdad Raissi Ardali](/source/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}}

{{Given name}}

Category:Persian masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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