Haider is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “Lion.” In 2024 it was given to 69 boys in the United States.
Haider belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “Lion” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Haider first appears in Social Security records in 1985. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2137 in 2024, and in 2024 69 babies received the name — 1,005 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Haider means “Lion” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Haider is a boy name. In 2024, 69 babies received the name in the US.
Haider comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Haider first appears in US records in 1985. Its best-ever ranking was #2137 in 2024, and 69 babies were given the name in 2024.
Haider is pronounced /ˈhaɪdəɹ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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