Mehrdad
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It comes from the Old Persian name "Mithradatha" and the Middle Persian name "Mehrdat", which is a theophoric name that means "given by Mithra" or "given by Mehr". "Mehr" comes from Avestan Mithra, the Zoroastrian divinity and hypo-stasis of covenant.
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.
People
- Mehrdad Pahlbod (1917–2018), Iranian politician
- Mehrdad Kia, Iranian-American historian
- Mehrdad Pooladi (1987), Iranian professional football player
- Mehrdad Bazrpash (1980), Iranian politician
- Mehrdad Raissi Ardali (1987), Iranian voice actor
References
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