Given name & surname
Haidar
“resembling a lion”
Haidar is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a lion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a lion.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic حَيْدَر, from Persian حَیْدَر (haydar).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Haidar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 324
- 324 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #4,075 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +44%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 26 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,075 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 43.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Michigan had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 597 as a first name in 2020; 1,272 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Haidar’s family of names
Haidar has a related form in Haider. Haidar has a related form in Hayder. Haidar has a related form in Haydar.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 19
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Haidar
- Hyder AliMilitary commander, de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (1720-1782)
- Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attaspoliticianborn 1939
- Haidar Abdul-RazzaqIraqi footballer (1982–2022)
- Haydar AmuliShi'ite mystic and Sufi1320–1408
- Haidar Abdel-ShafiPalestinian activist (1919–2007)
- Haidar HaidarSyrian writer and novelist (1936–2023)
- Haidar Al-ShaïbaniCanadian footballerborn 1984
- Heydar Aliyev Jr.Son of President of Azerbaijanborn 1997
- Haidar Abdul-AmirIraqi footballerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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