Indian Names · Boy
Haider name meaning
“lion”
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- H
- Origin
- Arabic
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Devanagari scriptहैदर
- Arabic scriptحيدر
Haider is a male name from Arabic meaning 'lion'.
What does Haider mean?
About the name Haider
Haider comes from the Arabic name Ḥaydar, which also means 'lion'. It is recorded as the birth name of Ali ibn Abi Talib, given by his mother. Haider and Haidar are variant romanizations of the same name, written हैदर in Hindi.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Syllables | Hai-der |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with H |
| Devanagari script | हैदर |
|---|---|
| Arabic script | حيدر |
Sources
- Wiktionary: حيدر · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: Haider · en.wiktionary.org · origin
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