Mehrdad

Gender	Male
Word/name	Persian
Meaning	Gift of Mehr/Mithra
Region of origin	Iran (Persia)
Related names	Mihrdat, Mitradat, Mert, Mithad

Mehrdad (Persian: مهرداد‎‎;  [mɛhrdɑːd] ) is a common Persian male given name in Iran and Azerbaijan.

Mehrdad is also a historical Persian name that derives from Middle Persian Mithridates, a theophoric name meaning "Given by Mehr." 'Mehr' in turn derives from Avestan Mithra, the Zoroastrian divinity and hypostasis of covenant. In present-day Iran, the name Mehrdad is also retroactively applied to several historic figures that appear in western literature as , a hellenized or philhellenic form of the Old Iranian name.

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