Given name & surname
Qadir
“a capable man; one who is competent”
Qadir is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a capable man; one who is competent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a capable man; one who is competent.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Qadir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 486
- 486 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #5,155 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,155 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 30.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 359 as a first name in 2020; 947 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.
Qadir’s family of names
Qadir has a feminine form in Qadira. Qadir has a related form in Quadir. Qadir has a related form in Qadeer.
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Around the world
Qadir has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kadirvariant · English
- Quadirvariant
- Quadeervariant
- Qadryvariant
- Qadarvariant
- Qadeirvariant
- Qadearvariant
- Qadeervariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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