Haidar
Haydar, also spelt Hajdar, Hayder, Haidar, Heidar, Haider, Heydar, Hyder, and other variants, is an Arabic male given name, also used as a surname, and means an epithet for "lion".
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Haidar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Haydar, also spelt Hajdar, Hayder, Haidar, Heidar, Haider, Heydar, Hyder, and other variants, is an Arabic male given name, also used as a surname, and means an epithet for "lion".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Haidar
Haidar first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1996, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 21 births, good for #4,690 nationwide. About 36% of every Haidar on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Haidar ranks #5,073 for baby boys with 19 births, rising sharply (+21% over the past five years). All told, over 336 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Haidar
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Haidar. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Haidar
Phonetically similar names — useful when Haidar is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Har
- Haar
- Idar
- Adar
- Whore
- Hore
- Hor
- Hoar
- Hower
- Haor
- Horr
- Hoare
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About the name Haidar
Haidar is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 336 births in the dataset. Haidar's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #4,690. Use the chart and map above to compare Haidar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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