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Mehrdad

Mehrdad (Persian: مهرداد) is a common Persian male given name in Iran and other Persian speaking countries.

For other uses, see Mithridates (disambiguation).

Pronunciation

Persian: [mehɾdɒːd]

Male

Given by Mehr

Mithridates, Mehrzad, Mehrshad, Mehran

In modern-day Iran, the name Mehrdad is also retroactively applied to several historic Persian figures that appear in western literature as Mithridates, a Hellenized or philhellenic form of Mehrdad.

(1917–2018), Iranian politician

Mehrdad Pahlbod

Iranian-American historian

Mehrdad Kia

Schmitt, Rüdiger (1970), "Die theophoren Eigennamen mit altiranisch *Miθra-", Acta Iranica, 17: 395–455