Heydari (Persian: حیدری) is an Iranian surname and given name. Transliteration variants include Heydary, Heidari, Haydary, Haydari, Heidary. The meaning of Heydari comes from an epithet for "lion"Faraz_Shiwani, 2025. 50 Names of Lion in Arabic. Reddit. (Haydar) in Arabic. A surname of similar origin, known in the Indian subcontinent, Hyderi/Hydari, is derived from a similar given name Hyder. Notable people with the name include:
Surname Ahmad Ali Heydari (born 1963), Iranian philosopher Andre Heidari (born 1993), American football placekicker Ali Akbar Heidari (born 1941), Iranian wrestler Alireza Heidari (born 1976), Iranian wrestler Alireza Heidari (footballer) (born 1992), Iranian footballer Alison Heydari (), British police officer Fatemeh Heidari (born 1996), Iranian Wushu practitioner Gholamreza Heydari (born ), Iranian engineer and academic Hadi Heidari (), Iranian cartoonist Hamed Heidari (born 1991), Iranian Paralympic athlete Hashem Heydari (born 1966), Iranian footballer Hossein Heydari (born 1998), Iranian footballer Ibrahim Haydari (1936–2024), Iraqi sociologist Iman Heydari (born 1983), Iranian footballer Kamal al-Haydari (born 1956), Iraqi Philosopher Kamran Heidari (born 1979), Iranian documentary filmmaker, photographer, and writer Khosro Heydari (born 1983), Iranian footballer Kioumars Heydari (born 1964), Iranian soldier Majid Heidari (born 1982), Iranian footballer Mobina Heidari (), Iranian karateka Mohammad Heidari (born 1986), Iranian footballer Mohammad Heydari (1937–2016), Iranian musician Mohammad Reza Heydari (born 1966), Iranian consul Morteza Heidari (born 1968), Iranian TV presenter Mostafa Heydari (born 1991), Iranian volleyball player Nima Heidari (born 1985), Iranian hockey player Omran Haydary, (born 1998), Afghan footballer Payam Heydari (), Iranian-American professor Reza Heydari (born 1991), Iranian footballer Sepehr Heydari (born 1980), Iranian footballer Shadieh Heydari (born 1967), Swedish politician
Given name Haydari Tabrizi (died 1592/1594), poet in Safavid Iran and the Mughal Empire Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami (1925–1987), Iranian ayatollah Mohsen Heidari Alekasir (born 1957), Iranian ayatollah
See also Haydari and Ne'mati, historical rival Iranian factions
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