Haydar (name)

Haidar (Arabic حيدر ) is an Arabic male first name and last name meaning " lion". The Turkish form of the name is Haydar.

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

• Haidar Abdul- Razzaq ( b. 1982 ), the Iraqi football player
• Haidar Abu Bakr al -Attas ( born 1939 ), Yemeni politicians
• Haidar Al- Shaibani ( born 1984 ), Algerian- Canadian football player
• Muhammad Haidar Zammar (* 1961), German alleged Al- Qaeda member

Family name

• Ali Haidar ( poet ) ( 1690-1785 ), Pakistani Sufi poet
• Ali Haidar ( politician) (born 1962 ), Syrian politicians
• Ali Haidar (actor), actor
• Aminatou Haidar (born 1966 ), Moroccan human rights activist
• Mohamad Haidar (* 1989), Lebanese football player

Others

• Burj Haidar, early Byzantine settlement in north-west Syria
• Haidar ( Tulcea ), village in Romania