Mehrdad

Mehrdad (مهرداد; ) 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 Mithridates, a hellenized or philhellenic form of the Old Iranian name.

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