Zadeh

Zadeh (also Zade[1] or Zada) 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
  • Hashem Beikzadeh (born 1984), Iranian footballer
  • Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (1936-1982), Iranian politician
  • Masoud Hashemzadeh (born 1981), Iranian wrestler
  • T. J. Houshmandzadeh (born 1977), American NFL football player
  • Abbas Ibrahim Zada, Afghanistani politician
  • 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

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 All pages with titles containing Zadeh, 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)
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