Given name & surname · Persian
مهرداد
مهرداد (mihrdād) is a masculine given name from Middle Persian, ultimately from Parthian. It is used in Persian.
PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Mithridates.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
مهرداد comes from Middle Persian, and ultimately from Parthian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭲𐭥𐭣𐭠𐭲 (mtrdʾt), from Parthian 𐭌𐭕𐭓𐭃𐭕.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
مهرداد’s family of names
In Persian usage, مهرداد shares an earlier linguistic root with میلاد. In Persian usage, مهرداد has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mithridates. In Persian usage, مهرداد can be written in the Roman alphabet as mehrdâd.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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