Given name
Eldar
“from the elder tree”
Eldar is a variant of Elder. One English interpretation is “from the elder tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eldar is a variant of Elder. One English interpretation is “from the elder tree.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eldar is a variant of Elder. An origin associated with Elder is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Built from Azerbaijani el (“state, country”) + -dar.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eldar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 209
- 209 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,979 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,979 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 569 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eldar’s family of names
In Azerbaijani usage, Eldar shares a linguistic root with the Bashkir form Илдар. Eldar has a related form in Elder.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eldar
- Eldar RyazanovSoviet and Russian film director (1927–2015)
- Eldar GasimovAzerbaijani singerborn 1989
- Eldar ShengelaiaSoviet and Georgian film director, screenwriter (1933–2025)
- Eldar KurtanidzeGeorgian wrestlerborn 1972
- Eldar ĆivićBosnian footballerborn 1996
- Eldar RønningNorwegian cross-country skierborn 1982
- Eldar QuliyevAzerbaijani film director and actor1941–2021
- Eldar MansurovAzerbaijani musicianborn 1952
- Eldar EfendijevEstonian politician (born 1954)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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