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Mehrdad (Persian: مهرداد; About this sound [mɛhrdɑːd] ) is an Persian (Iranian) male given name.’Mehrdad’ derives from Middle Persian Mihrdat a theophoric name meaning Given by Mihr. ‘Mihr’ 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.