Zadeh (also Zade) (Persian: زاده) is a Persian patronymic suffix meaning 'descendant of' or 'born of' used in names mainly in Iran and Azerbaijan.
Notable people whose names contain 'Zadeh' include:
Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), mathematician, electrical engineer, and computer scientist
Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh (1812–1878), Azerbaijani author, playwright, and philosopher Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947), Soviet and Azerbaijani composer and pianist Rafael Amen-Zadeh (born 1943), Soviet and Azerbaijani mathematician and physicist Nailya Asker-zade (born 1987), Russian journalist and television presenter of Azerbaijani descent
Hashem Beikzadeh (born 1984), Iranian footballer
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (1936–1982), Iranian politician Sabir Gusein-Zade (born 1950), Russian mathematician
Masoud Hashemzadeh (born 1981), Iranian wrestler T. J. Houshmandzadeh (born 1977), American NFL football player
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (born 1963), American physician and medical researcher
Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1866–1932), Azerbaijani satirist and writer Aziza Mustafazadeh (born 1969), Soviet and Azerbaijani singer, pianist, and composer Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940–1979), Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer
Hossein Rezazadeh (born 1978), Iranian politician, retired Olympic weightlifter, and world record holder
Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh (1942–2023), Iranian and German philosopher of medicine Ilya Salmanzadeh (born 1986), Swedish music producer Avetis Sultan-Zade (1889–1938), Persian-born ethnic Armenian communist
Aysel Teymurzadeh (born 1989), Azerbaijani singer
Amirhossein Yahyazadeh (born 1998), Iranian professional footballer
See also Zadeh, a common element (i.e., that sequence, though not necessarily with the initial letter in upper-case) in Iranian names and toponyms -- Hence, see , although due to technical considerations it will omit most of the many instances where that letter is immediately preceded, not by either a hyphen or white-space, but by a letter of the alphabet. Zada (suffix) Zade