Kadir Explained
Kadeer/Kader/Kadir/Qader/Qadir/Quadeer/Quadir are the primary transliterations of two Arabic male given names (ar|[[wikt:قادر#Arabic|قادر]], also spelled Qaadir) and (ar|[[wikt:قدير#Arabic|قدیر]], also spelled Qadeer). These names are derived from Al-Qaadir, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "The (Most) Capable", using the word قدير meaning "able/competent".
Kadeer
Kader
Kadir
- Elishay Kadir (born 1987), Israeli basketball player
- Syed Abdul Kadir (born 1948), Singaporean boxer
- Kadir Arslan (born 1977), Turkish volleyball player
- Kadir Cin (born 1987), Turkish volleyball player
- Kadir İnanır (born 1949), Turkish film actor and director
- Kadir Keleş (born 1988), Turkish footballer
- Kadir Mısıroğlu (24 January 1933–5 May 2019), Turkish Islamist writer and conspiracy theorist
- Kadir Nelson (born 1974), African American artist and illustrator
- Kadir Rana (born 1961), Indian politician
- Kadir Topbaş (1945–2021), Turkish architect and former Mayor of Istanbul
Qader
Qadir
Surname
- Abdul Kadir (1952-2018), Guyanese politician, convicted terrorist.
- Abdul Qadir (1944-2014) Afghan communist military officer
- Aron Kader (born 1974), American comedian of Palestinian descent
- Asghar Qadir (born 1946), Pakistani mathematician
- Elishay Kadir (born 1987), Israeli basketball player
- Foued Kadir (born 1983), Algerian footballer
- Ghulam Qadir, (1767-1789) Afghan Rohilla leader
- Kamal Qadir (born 1958), Kurdish activist
- Khandan Kadir (born 1969), Afghan extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
- Rebiya Kadeer (born 1947), Uyghur businesswoman
- Zahir Qadir (born 1973), Afghan politician
- Zunun Kadir (1911–1989), Uyghur writer
See also